DEVELOPMENT OF THERMOCOUPLE-TYPE TOTAL TEMPERATURE PROBES IN THE HYPERSONIC FLOW REGIME

Abstract

An experimental study to develop the criterion necessary to construct a miniature shielded thermocouple total temperature probe suitable for application in the hypersonic flow regime. Particular emphasis was given to the effect that internal velocity and thermocouple junction location relative to the shield entrance had on temperature measurements. An error analysis resulting from heat transfer phenomenon was made. The measured total temperature-to- tunnel stilling chamber temperature ratio was correlated in terms of the entrance flow length-to-probe length ratio. Over the range of parameters investigated both the optimum length-to-diameter and the optimum entrance-to- vent area ratios were found to be two. The entrance flow length-to-probe length ratios effectively correlated the data from probes of a given internal diameter.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0681489

Entities

People

  • P. J. Bontrager

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Diameters
  • Engineering
  • Error Analysis
  • Errors
  • Flow
  • Geometry
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Hypersonic Flow
  • Hypersonic Wind Tunnels
  • Instrumentation
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Specific Heat
  • Stagnation Pressure
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Boundary Layers
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow