Further Evaluation of a New Facility Concept for Testing Large Ablation Models at High Stagnation Pressures

Abstract

The report presents the results of the third phase of an investigation to determine the feasibility of extending ablation test facility capability by surrounding the high enthalpy flow with a coaxial cold jet. The technique was applied to the 5-MW arc heated facility at pressures up to 80 atm. A variety of data probes and models were used to determine flow-model interactions. Final results show that the technique simulates flow satisfactorily over very large ablation models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0731142

Entities

People

  • J. C. Pigott
  • R. T. Smith

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Enthalpy
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Flow Visualization
  • Heat Transfer
  • Instrumentation
  • Lasers
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Model Tests
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Stagnation Pressure
  • Static Pressure
  • Test Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics.