CALIBRATION OF A PRESSURE SENSOR FOR MEASUREMENTS IN CONTINUUM AND RAREFIED GAS FLOWS

Abstract

The free-stream flow behind shock waves produced in the laboratory has been used to obtain a dynamic calibration of a highly sensitive piezoelectric pressure sensor under a wide variety of conditions. Experimental results on the influence of rarefied gas flow on the value of stagnation pressure measured with the sensor are described. This report covers the continuum, slip and transition flow regimes. Design characteristics of the pressure sensor are presented and experimental results are discussed in view of the impact pressure measurements of other authors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 08, 1965
Accession Number
AD0614424

Entities

People

  • J. D. Fridman
  • W. M. Kornegay

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Dynamic Response
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Free Stream
  • Gas Flow
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Shock Tubes
  • Supersonic Flow
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Spectroscopy.