Free-Piston Shock Tunnel Test Technique Development: An AEDC/DLR Cooperative Program

Abstract

Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) and the German Aerospace Institute (DLR) have conducted a cooperative program on operation and test technique development for high enthalpy shock tunnels. The AEDC Free-Piston Shock Tunnel (FPST) and the DLR High Enthalpy Gottingen (HEG) facility were used for complementary test programs. The two organizations individually and jointly analyzed data from these tests to assess and advance the state of their computational fluid dynamics capabilities. Several nonintrusive diagnostic techniques were employed at each facility resulting in new and improved diagnostic capabilities for each partner. This report explains the organization of the joint program reviews the operation of free-piston shock tunnels and presents the results of data acquisition and analysis from the test programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA412642

Entities

People

  • D. W. Stallings
  • E. J. Felderman
  • W. D. Williams

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Digital Images
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Measurement
  • Optics
  • Test Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster