USE OF THIN-SKINNED CALORIMETERS FOR HIGH HEAT FLUX ARC JET MEASUREMENTS

Abstract

Fast-response, thin-skinned calorimeters provide a simple, rapid means of obtaining heat flux profiles of arc jet flows. A probe-sweeping technique is used to permit repeated radial profile measurements of heat flux during a single test run. It is shown that this technique is well suited for use in high heat flux environments when simplicity of calorimeter construction and data analysis is required. Such fast-response calorimeters also have application for catalytic surface measurements in nonequilibrium flows where time-dependent surface contamination is experienced. Experimental heat flux data from thin-skinned calorimeters used in arc jet flows are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0659742

Entities

People

  • Keith E. Starner

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Calorimeters
  • Carbon Steels
  • Construction
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Heat Flux
  • Heat Transfer
  • Jet Flow
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Nonequilibrium Flow
  • Specific Heat
  • Surface Temperature
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Time Intervals

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.