Influence of Wind Tunnel Noise on the Location of Boundary-Layer Transition on a Slender Cone at Mach Numbers from 0.2 to 5.5. Volume I. Experimental Methods and Summary of Results.
Abstract
A study was conducted to investigate the effects of wind tunnel noise on the location of boundary-layer transition. The study was carried out by conducting experiments on a particular slender, highly polished cone having an included angle of 10 deg. Wind tunnel noise levels were measured in the test section by flush-mounted microphones imbedded in the cone surface. The measurement of boundary-layer transition location was made using either a traversing pitot pressure probe in contact with the cone surface or the flush- mounted microphones. The experiments were carried out in 23 different subsonic, transonic, and supersonic wind tunnels over a range of Mach numbers from 0.2 to 5.5 and a unit Reynolds number range from 1.0 to 7.0 million per foot, the bulk of the data being obtained for a range from 2.0 to 4.0 million per foot. The results clearly show a strong influence of wind tunnel noise on boundary-layer transition location correlatable with overall root-mean-square noise levels. Because the noise level generally varied with Mach number and unit Reynolds number, the unit Reynolds number was found to have little effect on transition Reynolds number.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA083165
Entities
People
- N. Sam Dougherty Jr
Organizations
- Arnold Engineering Development Complex