Laser Doppler Velocimetry Measurements Across A Normal Shock In Transonic Flow

Abstract

One-dimensional laser-Doppler velocimetry measurements were taken with standard optics in back scatter mode across a normal shock at a Mach number of 1.35. Back pressure on a blow-down supersonic tunnel was controlled to place a normal shock in a 4 by 4 inch test section and schlieren visualization techniques were used to verify and record shock position and behavior. Velocity surveys were taken across the shock, using various filtering techniques, in an attempt to quantify shock unsteadiness. Additional surveys were performed to further characterize the flow in the test section. The velocity surveys upstream and downstream of the shock compared favorably with pressure and temperature data and normal shock relations. Surveys across the shock indicated distinct and repeatable velocity patterns, and the measured location of the shock matched schlieren photographs

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA267240

Entities

People

  • David A. Perretta

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Back Pressure
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Data Acquisition
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Light Sources
  • Measurement
  • Photography
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Supersonic Wind Tunnels
  • Test Facilities
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow