Author: Alex Karns
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Languages : en
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The study of military style exhaust nozzles to further understand their acoustic characteristics has been the recent focus of the Pennsylvania State University high-speed jet aeroacoustics facility. Advanced measurement techniques are required to study the turbulence characteristics of the flow field. Development of a laser Doppler velocimetry system would allow for these measurements to be made non-intrusively.Development of the laser Doppler velocimetry system required research and testing of each component as it was placed into the system. Development was split into two portions: fundamental or basic concepts and components, and advanced components. During these stages, many components, such as the transmitting and receiving probes, were fabricated, procedures were developed, and calibration of the transmitting probe was completed.Once the development stages were complete, the laser Doppler velocimetry system was used to measure subsonic flows of a cold air exhaust jet. Velocity measurements proved to be accurate to within 2% of calculated jet Mach numbers with discrepancies of up to 6% at Mach numbers approaching 1 at x/D of 2. Comparison of axial turbulence intensity data to previous studies yielded less favorable result possibly due to use of the exhaust fan, but this hypothesis cannot be proven without more experiments.Parametric studies were also on the ratio of the injection pressure ratio to the nozzle pressure ratio and the exhaust fan power determine their effects of seeding on measurement values. It was determined that ratio of the injection pressure ratio to the nozzle pressure ratio had negligible effect on the measurements except at a value of 1 where the axial turbulence intensity was up to 6% different than the other measurements. However, the ratio was found to have an inverse relationship to the number of validated burst particles per unit time. The power of the exhaust fan created differences in the measurement of up to 3% at x/D greater than 6, with higher values of Mach number and lower values of axial turbulence intensity at the exhaust fan power of 15%. However, it is difficult to draw conclusions with only two sets of data.
Author: William Joseph Yanta
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Category : Aerodynamics, Supersonic
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Results are presented for an experimental program which investigated the application of an LDV technique in supersonic flows. This paper presents an analysis of the behavior of light-scattering particles in rapidly accelerating or shock decelerated flows, an evaluation of particle production techniques and the results of several velocity measurements. Measurements included the velocity distribution along the nozzle centerline and flow over a diamond airfoil in a Mach 3 tunnel and velocity profiles for a turbulent boundary layer in a Mach 4.8 facility. It is demonstrated that LDV measurements can be made consistently with errors of less than five percent if the particle lag is considered. (Author).
Author: William Joseph Yanta
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Category : Laser Doppler velocimeter
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Turbulence measurements with a Laser Doppler Velocimeter (LDV) using the dual scatter or differential Doppler mode have been made in a subsonic, fully developed channel flow. The measurements were made using only those light scattering particles occurring naturally in air. Results include mean velocity profiles, turbulence intensities, Reynolds stress distributions and a skewness measurement of the velocity distribution function across the channel. Statistical techniques were used to obtain the various turbulence parameters. Guidelines have been established for the amount of data needed to obtain results with a specified accuracy and confidence level. Measurements have also been made to determine the particle-size distribution. An aerodynamic means was used to determine the size distribution, in contrast to the usual optical procedures. (Modified author abstract).
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A test was conducted to obtain nonintrusive measurements in the flow field about an axisymmetric nozzle afterbody with a cold, underexpanded jet, M sub j=1.563, in a parallel free stream, M sub alpha = 0.6. Reynolds shear stress and two components of mean velocity and turbulence intensity were measured using a two-color Bragg-diffracted laser Doppler velocimeter. Additional experimental data include the afterbody surface pressure distribution and laser vapor screen flow visualization of the jet plume. A multiple seeding technique was used to investigate the bimodal velocity probability distributions observed in the jet mixing region. (Author).
Author: William J. Yanta
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Category : Laser Doppler velocimeter
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Turbulence measurements with a Laser Doppler Velocimeter (LDV) using the dual scatter or differential Doppler mode have been made in a subsonic, fully developed channel flow. The measurements were made using only those light scattering particles occurring naturally in air. Results include mean velocity profiles, turbulence intensities, Reynolds stress distributions and a skewness measurement of the velocity distribution function across the channel. Statistical techniques were used to obtain the various turbulence parameters. Guidelines have been established for the amount of data needed to obtain results with a specified accuracy and confidence level. Measurements have also been made to determine the particle-size distribution. An aerodynamic means was used to determine the size distribution, in contrast to the usual optical procedures. (Modified author abstract).
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781722335045
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Languages : en
Pages : 34
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In recent years, the interest in developing a high-speed civil transport has increased. This has led to an increase in research activity on compressible supersonic flows, in particular the boundary layer. The structure of subsonic boundary layers has been extensively documented using conditional sampling techniques which exploit the knowledge of both u and v velocities. Researchers using these techniques have been able to explore some of the complex three-dimensional motions which are responsible for Reynolds stress production and transport in the boundary layer. As interest in turbulent structure has grown to include supersonic flows, a need for simultaneous multicomponent velocity measurements in these flows has developed. The success of conditional analysis in determining the characteristics of coherent motions and structures in the boundary layer relies on accurate, simultaneous measurement of two instantaneous velocity components. Sewell, Jesse and Chew, Larry Unspecified Center NAG1-1402...
Author: James F. Meyers
Publisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289252151
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Languages : en
Pages : 22
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The application of Doppler Global Velocimetry (DGV) to high-speed flows has its origins in the original development of the technology by Komine et al (1991). Komine used a small shop-air driven nozzle to generate a 200 m/s flow. This flow velocity was chosen since it produced a fairly large Doppler shift in the scattered light, resulting in a significant transmission loss as the light passed through the Iodine vapor. This proof-of-concept investigation showed that the technology was capable of measuring flow velocity within a measurement plane defined by a single-frequency laser light sheet. The effort also proved that velocity measurements could be made without resolving individual seed particles as required by other techniques such as Fringe- Type Laser Velocimetry and Particle Image Velocimetry. The promise of making planar velocity measurements with the possibility of using 0.1-micron condensation particles for seeding, Dibble et al (1989), resulted in the investigation of supersonic jet flow fields, Elliott et al (1993) and Smith and Northam (1995) - Mach 2.0 and 1.9 respectively. Meyers (1993) conducted a wind tunnel investigation above an inclined flat plate at Mach 2.5 and above a delta wing at Mach 2.8 and 4.6. Although these measurements were crude from an accuracy viewpoint, they did prove that the technology could be used to study supersonic flows using condensation as the scattering medium. Since then several research groups have studied the technology and developed solutions and methodologies to overcome most of the measurement accuracy limitations.
Author: C. E. Fuller
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Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Author: Luther R. Gartrell
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Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Author: H. Doyle Thompson
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Languages : en
Pages : 92
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A three year research program covering the development and use of a Laser Doppler Velocimeter (LDV) for high speed flow measurements is described. The current configurations of the LDV optics and the high frequency signal processors are discussed. LDV measurements made in two-dimensional transonic nozzles and in the turbulent wake of an axisymmetric supersonic nozzle are presented. These are compared with previous experimental and analytical results. Excellent agreement is found to exist. Measurement problems presented by flows of extremely high turbulence intensity are illustrated and means for resolving them are discussed.
