Design and Evaluation of a Facility to Study Two-Dimensional Supersonic Air-Helium Mixing.
Abstract
A facility to study two-dimensional supersonic air-helium mixing in a gas dynamic laser cavity was designed, constructed, and evaluated. The flow field may be analyzed via static and total pressure measurements, gas mixture samples, and schlieren photography. The multiple nozzle test section consisted of Mach 3.0 air nozzles alternated with Mach 3.0 helium nozzles exhausted into an instrumented test cavity. Pressure was maintained in the cavity by two alternate methods; simple diffusers exhausted to atmospheric conditions, and exhausting the cavity into a group of evaculated air tanks. Both methods gave similar cavity flow fields as indicated by schlieren photography and static pressure measurements. Gas samples and pressure measurements were taken with a series of small diameter probes and automatically timed solenoid valves. Gas samples were not analyzed in this study. Nozzle exit plane Mach numbers were calculated from pressure measurements and verified with schlieren photographs of a wedge inserted into the flow. The apparatus has low helium consumption and yields accurate, repeatable pressure measurements. The facility is to be used for a subsequent complete flow field analysis. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA056937
Entities
People
- John D. Carlile
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology