Shock Tunnel Operation and Correlation of Boundary Layer Transition on a Cone in Hypervelocity Flow

Abstract

The Caltech T5 reflected shock tunnel is used to produce hypervelocity flow over a range of velocities and pressures by varying the test gas and operating parameters of reservoir enthalpy (hres) and reservoir pressure (Pres). One area of research in T5 is the measurement of boundary layer behavior and transition from laminar to turbulent flow on a smooth 5-degree half-angle cone [3, 1, 11]. To design experiments that involve the measurement or manipulation of instability and transition processes (for example, Jewell et al. [7]), it is important to choose tunnel conditions for which the expected transition location is at least approximately known. In the present paper, we discuss the selection of tunnel operating parameters, the correlation of those parameters with measurements of boundary layer transition, and some observations on the analysis of transition location in terms of local boundary layer properties.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA595841

Entities

People

  • I. A. Leyva
  • J. E. Shepherd
  • J. S. Jewell

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Transition
  • Data Sets
  • Flow
  • Frequency
  • Hypervelocity Flow
  • Layers
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Reservoirs
  • Reynolds Number
  • Shock Tubes
  • Shock Tunnels
  • Thermodynamic Properties
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Boundary Layers
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow