An Experimental Study of Passive Control of Hypersonic Cavity Flow Oscillations
Abstract
An experimental study of open cavity flow has been made in a high Reynolds number, Mach 5 turbulent boundary layer. The majority of measurements made were of fluctuating wall pressures. The objectives were: (1) examine how effective changes in front and rear wall geometry were at attenuating the pressure oscillations, (2) explore how impingement of a shock wave (variable strength and position) the cavity flow, and (3) how stores (different geometries and positions) affected the cavity flow. In addition, techniques which were judged effective at attenuating pressure oscillations for the empty cavity were used with shock impingement and with stores in order to explore their effectiveness under perturbed flow conditions. The results show that vented and slotted walls, and spoilers are ineffective. A 3-D rear wall (swept in both planes and symmetric about the center line) attenuated the strongest oscillations by factors of up to 7 compared to the baseline rectangular cavity. Regardless of shock impingement position, shock strength, store position, store dimensions, store to cavity volume ratio and asymmetric store arrangement the cavity oscillation frequencies remain essentially unchanged. Based on the mean and rms Pressure distributions (whose magnitude varies substantially but whose basic shape does not change significantly) and surface flow patterns it appears that the essential flow structure also remains largely unchanged. These similarities suggest that control techniques developed for the empty cavity flow should be effective with shock impingement or store release. Tests using two passive control rear walls in perturbed cavity flow support this conclusion.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA339335
Entities
People
- D. S. Dolling
- S. W. Perng
- Y. L. Leu
Organizations
- University of Texas at Austin