High-speed schlieren imaging of supersonic flow past a wall-mounted hemisphere with turbulent boundary layer impingement

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Abstract

Experiments were performed within Rutgers University’s Supersonic Wind Tunnel to visualize the unsteady flow over wall-mounted hemispheres, using high-speed schlieren imaging. Three hemispheres were tested with radii of 25.4, 31.8, and 38.1 mm, placed within the wind tunnel’s naturally developing turbulent boundary layer. These resulted in boundary layer thickness–to–radius ratios of 0.62, 0.49, and 0.41, respectively. The hemisphere flow field demonstrates many features that are characteristic of a traditional shock-boundary layer interaction, such as unsteady motion associated with the foot of the upstream separation shock and subsequent incipient separation. In addition, a strong reattachment shock emanates from the forward side of the hemisphere where flow reattachment occurs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2018 Fluid Dynamics Conference
PublisherAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
ISBN (Print)9781624105531
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Event48th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, 2018 - Atlanta, United States
Duration: Jun 25 2018Jun 29 2018

Publication series

Name2018 Fluid Dynamics Conference

Other

Other48th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta
Period6/25/186/29/18

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Engineering (miscellaneous)

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