Compressible Turbulence Measurements in a Supersonic Flow With Adverse Pressure Gradient.
Abstract
Mean flow and compressible turbulence measurements have been obtained upstream and within a shock boundary interaction and a compression ramp in Mach 3 flow. Compressible turbulence models have met with little success in the accurate prediction of high-speed flows involving complicated shock boundary interactions and adverse pressure gradients because of a crucial lack of experimental data. Data were collected using conventional Pitot and cone static probes, single overheat cross-wire anemometry, multiple overheat cross-wire anemometry, and flow visualization techniques. Direct measurements of the total Reynolds shear stress were obtained using a turbulence transformation. Results indicate that compressibility effects, as evidenced by the density fluctuations, are large relative to the velocity fluctuations and should be accounted for rigorously in new turbulence models.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA289477
Entities
People
- Jon W. Dotter
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology