Hypersonic Induced Interactions of Plasma and Non-Plasma Jets

Abstract

This report results from a contract tasking University of Manchester as follows: The investigation will be conducted in the University of Manchester hypersonic blowdown wind tunnel facility (HSST) at Mach no. 4 to 6. All experimental tasks will utilize the following experimental techniques: i) Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and laser sheet; ii) Intensity-based in-house developed Pressure Sensitive Paint (PSP) imaging system; iii) Pressure tapings; iv) Pitot pressure and total temperature probes; v) Oil flow; and vi) High-speed phase-locked schlieren photography and double exposure holographic interferometry. Task 1: Plasma and non-plasma (PnP) jet system and model design, and performance tests. Task 2: Transverse non-plasma jet interaction tests: Investigation of the physics of transverse non-plasma jet interactions and determination of penetration distance of the jet into the cross-flow and separation lateral spreading. Task 3: Active control of transverse jet interaction using localized arc filament plasma actuators (LAFPA): 3.1 Investigation of the physics of transverse jet interactions with LAFPA and determination of penetration distance of the jet into the cross-flow and separation lateral spreading; 3.2 Evaluation of the benefits of LAFPA system to enhance mixing of the jet with the cross flow fluid through modification of instabilities. Task 4: Transverse plasma jet interaction tests: Investigation of the physics of transverse plasma jet interactions and determination of penetration distance of the jet into the cross-flow and separation lateral spreading. Milestones: Year 1: Transverse non-plasma jet interaction studies and baseline studies on localized arc filament plasma actuator (LAFPA) system design. Year 2: Active control of transverse jet interaction using localized arc filament plasma actuators (LAFPA). Year 3: Transverse plasma jet interaction studies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 12, 2006
Accession Number
ADA528814

Entities

People

  • Konstantinos Kontis

Organizations

  • University of Manchester

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cameras
  • Ceramic Materials
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Heat Transfer
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Schlieren Photography
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow