The possibilities of using thermography for quantitative studies of the frequency characteristics of the nonisothermal water pulsations near the vessel walls transparent to infrared radiation are analyzed. Thermographic studies of the temperature dynamics in the contact zone of a nonisothermal liquid with the wall were performed using simple models. Frequencies of temperature fluctuations at the inner surface of the vessel through the wall transparent to infrared radiation were measured using a thermal imager with accurate focusing of the lens. Spectral curves of the fluctuations were constructed with the use of a Fourier transform. It is shown that Kolmogorov spectra (−5/3 law) are present in the nonisothermal flow in a T-junction channel, allowing the process to be characterized as developed turbulence of the water flow in the region of the boundary layer adjacent to the window.
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