Turbulent Molecular Processes and Structures in Supersonic Free Shear Layers

Abstract

We used our Ludwieg tube-wind-tunnel to determine Reynolds number and Mach number effects on the dynamics of coherent structures in a supersonic free shear layer. We proposed to implement fluorescence in NO2 as a local point density diagnostic and to develop a capacity of simultaneous three dimensional measurements of velocity and Reynolds number histories in the free shear layer and to determine as well the axial and transverse profiles for such a flow. Using a Mach number 2.5 nozzle, we have confirmed our previously published evidence of Reynolds number sensitivity in supersonic turbulent shocklets in compressible free shear layers. We have determined that shocklet-producing entities are low velocity systems in these flows and have impact on the local scales associated with turbulent effects. We have determined a local evolution of coherence in the Reynolds stress data, using both phase coherence velocimetry and new techniques for direct velocity estimations, between the on-axis and off- axis regions of the free shear layer. We find that classical turbulent effects are in a long-wavelength range while effects accompanying chaos are at short wavelengths, -- with fractal dimensions which suggest that the observed chaotic behavior evolves from instabilities in flow which is topologically two dimensional.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 1990
Accession Number
ADA236922

Entities

People

  • Joseph A. Johnson Iii

Organizations

  • City College of New York

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Long Wavelengths
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • New York
  • Physics
  • Reynolds Number
  • Shock Waves
  • Short Wavelengths
  • Stresses
  • Supersonic Transport Aircraft
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

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