METHODS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION APPLIED TO THE MEASUREMENT OF SUPERSONIC VELOCITIES IN SHOCK TUNNELS.

Abstract

A technique based on electromagnetic induction is proposed to measure the velocity of the flow in a hypersonic shock tunnel. The expanded flow in the tunnel test section has a sufficiently high conductivity level to allow the generation of an MHD voltage in the presence of a magnetic field, which can then be used to indicate the flow velocity. To overcome charge effects on the electrodes, the magnetohydrodynamic voltage from such a device should be of the order of 100 v. For a true open circuit reading the input impedence of the external circuit should be very high. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0622665

Entities

People

  • M. A. Patrick
  • R. J. Parsons

Organizations

  • University of Sheffield

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Conductivity
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Electrodes
  • Electromagnetic Induction
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetic Phenomena
  • Measurement
  • Physical Properties
  • Shock Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flight
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow