A Cold Flow Field Experimental Study Associated with a Two-dimensional Multiple Nozzle

A Cold Flow Field Experimental Study Associated with a Two-dimensional Multiple Nozzle
Author: Jerry L. Wagner
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Total Pages: 128
Release: 1971
Genre: Gas lasers
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A cold flow-field study of a rapid expansion, Mach 4.73, two-dimensional multiple nozzle array has been carried out in the hypersonic wind Tunnel. The nozzles are of the type used in a gas dynamic laser where the quality of the downstream flow field is important. The report examines the uniformity of the flow field in such a multiple nozzle array. Tests were conducted at supply conditions of 45 psia and 540 deg R. Pitot pressure, static pressure, and total temperature were measured along the axial, vertical, and horizontal centerlines within the nozzle and 21 nozzle exit heights downstream. Shadowgraph pictures provided qualitative flow field observations. The shock structure consisted of sidewall shocks, nozzle trailing edge shocks, and nozzle throat shocks. Viscous phenomena consisted of the boundary layers on the sidewalls and contoured walls, as well as the turbulent wakes caused by the trailing edges of the center nozzle blades. Mach number, static temperature, static density, and velocity profiles are presented. This flowfield information is useful to the prediction of the degradation of beam quality resulting from the non-homogeneity of a gas-dynamic-laser flowfield.

NASA Technical Paper

NASA Technical Paper
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Publisher:
Total Pages: 802
Release: 1978
Genre: Aeronautics
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Shock-turbulence Interaction and the Generation of Noise

Shock-turbulence Interaction and the Generation of Noise
Author: Herbert S. Ribner
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Total Pages: 738
Release: 1954
Genre: Aeronautics
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The interaction of a convected field of turbulence with a shock wave has been analyzed to yield the modified turbulence, entropy spotiness, and noise generated downstream of the shock. This analysis generalizes the results of Technical Note 2864, which apply to a single spectrum component, to give the shock-interaction effects of a complete turbulence field. The previous report solved the basic gas-dynamic problem, and the present report has added the necessary spectrum analysis.