Experiments on The Wakes of Multiple Nozzle Cusps
Abstract
The objective of this work is to provide basic gas-dynamical information on the wakes of nozzle cusps such as employed in gas-dynamic-laser nozzle arrays. A three-nozzle array was designed, built and installed in the Aeronutronic supersonic Wind Tunnel. Test runs were made to check the overall performance of the nozzle-diffuser system at Mach 4, nozzle exit Reynolds number of 100,000 and nozzle wall temperatures down to 60% of stagnation, in continuous airflow. Diagnostics consisted of spark-schlieren photography, pitot and static pressure probes, total-temperature probes and hot film anemometers. It was found that continuos unchoked flow could be obtained with a simple diffuser, and that the flow was two-dimensional even without resorting to sidewall junction tailoring. Good qualitative and fair to good quantitative agreement was found with earlier wake predictions published under the present contract. The virtual wake origin was found to lie near the nozzle throat and the near wake nonequilibrium region occupied a length equal to two nozzle exit heights beyond the trailing edge. Without cooling the wake was laminar, with long wavelength fluctuations which merit further study. With nozzle cooling transition to turbulence in the wake advanced upstream in agreement with earlier predictions of wake stability.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADB024631
Entities
People
- Anthony Demetriades