Quantitative Applications of Holographic Interferometry to Wind-Tunnel Testing,

Abstract

Holographic interferometry was successfully applied to a large-scale wind tunnel (40-cm x 40-cm test section) experiment on a three-dimensional flow field. The laser interferometer was set up in a schlieren bench with a pulsed-ruby laser as the light source. Both the object beam and the reference beam were collimated. The conventional double-exposure, off-axis operation was used to produce interferograms. A 15-degree half-angle opaque cone at zero and 16.5 degrees yaw in a M = 2 free stream provided the flow field for the investigation. The aerodynamic conditions were such that flow field was largely inviscid.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 1974
Accession Number
ADA009753

Entities

People

  • Tse-fou Zien
  • W. Charles Spring Iii
  • William C. Ragsdale

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Free Stream
  • Interferograms
  • Interferometers
  • Interferometry
  • Lasers
  • Light Sources
  • Ruby Lasers
  • Three Dimensional
  • Three Dimensional Flow
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy