Evolution of a vortex system in the vicinity of an external dihedral corner

Results of experimental investigations of the evolution of a vortex system formed in a supersonic flow past a streamwise-aligned external dihedral right angle owing to a difference in pressures on the upper and side faces of the corner are analyzed. The experiments are performed in a T-313 wind tunnel based at ITAM SB RAS at Mach numbers M_∞ = 2.27, 3, and 4, and angles of attack α = −4° ÷ +20°. It is shown that the size of the vortex system influence zones is almost independent of the free-stream Mach number in the examined range of the angles of attack, and the relative values of flow rarefaction on the model surface under the primary vortex core smoothly tend to their minimum values.     

Investigation of temperature fields in supersonic flow behind a backward-facing step

The results of numerical modelling and experimental investigations of high-enthalpy turbulent flows in the neighborhood of 90-degree backward-facing steps at the Mach numbers M_∞ = 2–4 are presented. The experiments were conducted in the hot-shot wind tunnel IT-302M of ITAM SB RAS. The computations were carried out on the basis of the full Favres-averaged Navier — Stokes equations augmented by the Wilcox turbulence model. The temperature factor influence on the flow structure in the separated zone and temperature distributions was investigated numerically for different Mach numbers. The wall temperature is shown to affect significantly the quantity and sizes of recirculation vortices as well as the temperature distribution in the zone of flow separation and reattachment. The computational results are compared with experimental data on the pressure distribution on the model surface and the wave structure of the flow.     

Testing of solid fuel ramjet with measurement of thrust characteristics in aerodynamic facilities

A design of an axisymmetric solid fuel ramjet consisting of a multi wedges nose air intake, solid fuel gas gene-rator, combustion chamber, and a nozzle, was developed. According to this design, a ramjet model for tests in the ground wind-tunnel facilities was fabricated. Experiments with solid fuel combustion were carried out in the Transit-M and T-313 wind tunnels, ITAM SB RAS, at air-flow Mach numbers М = 2.5?5.0. High values of the internal and net excess thrust were obtained.     

Characteristics of the AT-303 hypersonic wind tunnel. Part 1. Velocity Fields

The structure and principle of operation of a new wind tunnel AT-303 with adiabatic compression are described. Results of systematic investigations are presented in terms of velocity distributions both at the nozzle exit and in the region where the models are located. The velocity fields are obtained with the use of total pressure probes in the ranges of Mach numbers from 7.6 to 19.7 and Reynolds numbers per meter Re₁ = (0.25−3.64)·10⁷.     

Aerodynamics of re-entry vehicles at real values of Reynolds numbers

Results of an experimental study of aerodynamic characteristics of models of two hypersonic re-entry vehicles (ARES-H aerospace demonstrator proposed by EADS-ST and EXPERT re-entry capsule proposed by ESA ESTEC) are presented. The experiments were performed in a new wind tunnel AT-303 at ITAM SB RAS in the range of free-stream Mach numbers M = 10–18 at real values of Reynolds numbers. The test results and specific features of wind-tunnel tests in conical nozzles are discussed.     

高速流场对光传输特性的影响

利用一座小型跨超声速风洞进行了高速流场光传输特性试验研究。光束在高速流场中传输时,由于流场密度变化,光波波前会发生畸变。利用风洞提供0.7,2.0和3.0等气流马赫数的流场条件,采用基于夏克-哈特曼波前传感器的光学测量系统,对光束在风洞流场中传输时的波前畸变进行了测量。试验结果表明:随着风洞流场马赫数增加,流场对光波传播的影响增大,光波波前畸变量显著提高。因此,在利用风洞进行气动光学试验研究之前,有必要消除风洞流场本身对光波传输的严重干扰。     

Experimental study of a cylindrical air inlet designed on the basis of plane flows

Results of an experimental study of a cylindrical air inlet designed for high flight speeds on the basis of plane flows are reported. For an air inlet intended for Mach number M = 4, the flow-rate characteristics at M = 2.85, 3.83, and 4.95 for angles of attack ranging from 0 to 9 degrees have been measured. The results of tests have shown that at free-stream Mach number M = 3.83, close to the design Mach number, the mass rate of the air flow captured by the air inlet was 96 % of its design value, and this rate increased to 99 % as the Mach number was increased to 4.95. At a lower, in comparison with the design value, free-stream Mach number, M = 2.85, the mass rate of the air flow captured by the inlet installed under zero angle of attack has decreased to 68 %. For all the examined Mach numbers, an increase in the angle of attack from 0 to 9 degrees resulted in an 8–14 % decrease of the mass rate of inlet-captured air flow. For comparison, numerical calculation of the air-inlet flow at Mach number M = 3.83 was performed. The obtained data were found to be in a qualitative agreement with experimental data.     

Experimental study of different control methods for hypersonic air inlets

An experimental study of different control methods for hypersonic air inlets aimed at ensuring reliable starting of these apparatuses and improving their operating characteristics in the range of Mach numbers 2 to 8 is reported. Conditions for boundary-layer separation and possibilities for preventing this separation by using modified diffuser configurations and/or perforation bleedage are examined. An air-inlet model was tested for operation in an intermittent wind tunnel and in a blow-down wind tunnel respectively in the Mach-number ranges 2 to 6 and 5 to 8. Distributions of static and total air pressures on the walls of the model and in several cross sections were measured, together with air flow coefficients and total-pressure recovery coefficients. Perforation bleedage is shown to offer an efficient means to facilitate air-inlet starting. Perforation bleed has enabled a more than two-fold increase in the air flow coefficient on the model with sidewalls. A perforation-bleed panel installed closer to the air-inlet throat proved to be more efficient. The possibility of sudden starting of the air-inlet apparatus was checked in the intermittent wind tunnel; it was shown that, here, sudden starting could be realized. The data obtained in the intermittent wind tunnel proved to be consistent with data obtained in the blow-down wind tunnel with up to 150-ms blowdown time. This work was supported by the International Scientific and Engineering Center (Contract No. 887) and by MBDA, France.     

Gasdynamic design of a two-dimensional supersonic inlet with the increased flow rate factor

A two-dimensional inlet of external compression with the increased flow rate factor at high supersonic velocities is constructed by the method of gasdynamic design. Its feature is that a flow with the initial oblique shock wave and the subsequent centered isentropic compression wave is formed over the external compression ramp of the inlet. These waves interact with one another so that a resulting stronger oblique shock wave and a velocity discontinuity arise in front of the entrance to the inlet internal duct. An example of an inlet configuration with the design flow regime corresponding to the Mach number M_d = 7 is considered. The characteristics of this inlet were obtained in the range of the free-stream Mach numbers M = 4–7 with the use of a Navier—Stokes code for turbulent flow. They are compared with characteristics of an equivalent conventional shocked inlet. As computations have shown, the inlet with the isentropic compression wave has much higher values of flow rate factor φ at Mach numbers M < M_d. So, for example, at M = 4 the value φ ≈ 0.72 for it is by 33 % higher in comparison with φ ≈ 0.54 for the equivalent shocked inlet.     

A numerical and experimental study of the high-enthalpy high-speed cavity flow

Results of an experimental and numerical study of supersonic turbulent high-enthalpy flow in a channel with cavity are reported. On the basis of wind-tunnel tests performed in the IT-302M short duration wind tunnel, data on the flow structure and on the distribution of static pressure along the model walls were obtained. These data were subsequently used to verify the numerical algorithm. In the calculations, a parametric study of the effects of Mach number, cavity configuration, and temperature factor on flow quantities was performed. It was numerically shown that variation of the above parameters leads to a transition of the flow regimes in the vicinity of the cavity.     

高超音速流场中锥体边界层转捩图象的纹影显示及处理

本文介绍了一种大画幅纹影成像技本,应用该技术,显示了高超音速流场中锥体边界层转捩。将所得到的纹影图象在显微密度计图象处理系统中进行处理与测量,并结合纹影法原理进行了分析计算,得到了边界层诸截面相对密度变化曲线以及边界层转捩位置等实验结果,该结果与有关气动理论和实践结果进行了比较。     

基于Ludwieg管的高超声速边界层转捩实验

高超声速边界层层/湍流转捩是高超声速飞行器气动力和气动热设计中的难点和热点问题.为了降低开展高超声速边界层不稳定性与转捩实验研究的门槛,研究基于Ludwieg管原理设计并建造了一座Mach 6高超声速管风洞,重点对Ludwieg管风洞的启动和运行过程开展了数值模拟,分析了储气段弯管布局对试验段流场的影响;之后,对该高超...     

Application of “POLIS” PIV system for measurement of velocity fields in a supersonic flow of the wind tunnels

Measurement results on the mean velocity fields and fields of velocity pulsations in the supersonic flows obtained by means of the PIV measurement set “POLIS” are presented. Experiments were carried out in the supersonic blow-down and stationary wind tunnels at the Mach numbers of 4.85 and 6. The method of flow velocity estimate in the test section of the blow-down wind tunnel was grounded by direct measurements of stagnation pressure in the setup settling chamber. The size of tracer particles introduced into the supersonic flow by a mist generator was determined; data on the structure of pulsating velocity in a track of an oblique-cut gas-dynamic whistle were obtained under the conditions of self-oscillations.     

Characteristics of a hyperboloid-flare configuration at high Reynolds numbers

Results on a hyperboloid-flare model tested in a new hypersonic wind tunnel with adiabatic compression AT-303 based at ITAM SB RAS at M_∞ = 10 and 15 and in a wide range of Reynolds numbers are presented. Pressure and heat-flux distributions along the model are compared with data obtained previously in various European hypersonic wind tunnels (Longshot — Belgium, HEG — Germany) and with results of numerical computations. Pressure and heat-flux coefficients measured in the attached flow region are demonstrated to be in good qualitative agreement. Reasons for the differences in results measured in regions of flow separation and reattachment are discussed. Significant viscous effects on characteristics of the flow around the model are demonstrated; a particularly strong effect is exerted on the heat-flux distribution. This fact confirms that it is important to model real Reynolds numbers in wind-tunnel testing of aerospace plane models.     

Characteristics of the AT-303 hypersonic wind tunnel. Part 2. Aerodynamics of the HB-2 reference model

Aerodynamic coefficients of the HB-2 AGARD reference model measured in a new AT-303 hypersonic wind tunnel with adiabatic compression are presented. The experiments are performed in the ranges of Mach numbers M = 9.7 − 15.6 (Re_d = 0.14·10⁶ − 1.32·10⁶) and angles of attack α = −4°−12° with the use of an internal six-component strain-gauge balance. The technique used for processing and correcting measured results, which takes into account the dynamic properties of the model and the specific features of the nozzle structure, is described in detail. The aerodynamic coefficients obtained for this model are compared with similar data obtained in wind tunnels of Germany, France, and the USA.     

Laser-induced thermal-acoustic velocimetry with heterodyne detection

Laser-induced thermal acoustics (LITA) was used with heterodyne detection to measure simultaneously and in a single laser pulse the sound speed and flow velocity of NO>(2) -seeded air in a low-speed wind tunnel up to Mach number M =0.1 . The uncertainties of the velocity and the sound speed measurements were ~0.2 m/s and 0.5%, respectively. Measurements were obtained through a nonlinear least-squares fit to a general, analytic closed-form solution for heterodyne-detected LITA signals from thermal gratings. Agreement between theory and experiment is exceptionally good.     

Quantitative visualization of the leading-edge vortices on a delta wing by using pressure-sensitive paint

Leading-edge vortices on a simple delta wing were visualized by using pressure-sensitive paint (PSP). PSP is an optical pressure measurement technique based on oxygen quenching of luminescent molecules. In the present study, we used PSP composed of platinum octaethylporphyrine (PtOEP) and fluoropolymer (poly-IBM-co-TFEM [Poly (isobutylmethacrtlate-co-trifluoroethylate)]). This new paint has higher sensitivity to pressure and lower sensitivity to temperature than previous ones, reducing an error due to temperature variation during a wind tunnel test. A thin coating of PSP was applied to a delta wing model with 70-degree leading-edge sweep. The coating was excited by Xenon light and emission from the coating was detected by a high-resolution CCD camera. Tests were done at subsonic speeds in the 0.2-m Supersonic Wind Tunnel at the National Aerospace Laboratory in Japan. Complicated flow structures on the delta wing including primary and secondary vortices were clearly visualized using pressure-sensitive paint. An a priori calibration technique was used to convert measured luminescent intensity into pressure. The obtained pressure distributions were in good agreement with pressure tap data. Pressure maps were obtained for various Mach numbers, Reynolds numbers and angles of attack. It was found that an increase in Mach number delayed vortex breakdown while Reynolds number had little effect on the vortex formation.     

高速受限混合层结构和效应实验研究

受限混合层的流动主要是喷流与自由来流相互剪切形成的混合层受到壁面的限制而形成的一种流动.文章采用后向台阶平板模型研究了高速高压比条件下的受限混合层的典型流场结构以及冷却效率.实验自由来流Mach数为5, 喷流的Mach数为1.28, 喷流总压为0.2~0.7 MPa, 通过调整冷喷气流的总压, 基于纹影流动显.形成喷口附近波系的欠膨胀流动现象的深刻认识, 提取波系特征与流动参数之间的规律.基于流动显示及实验测量结果, 通过分析流场中大尺度结构的空间演化规律, 揭示流动参数对于冷却效率的影响规律及物理内涵.采用快响应压敏漆(FRPSP)技术在高超声速风洞开展热流分布和冷却效率研究, 获得了平板对受限混合层冷却效率的影响.      

Numerical study of translational nonequilibrium in an He–Xe mixture by direct simulation Monte Carlo

The distributions of pairs of particles over relative velocities at the shock wave front in He with a small Xe additive have been studied. It has turned out that the values of the distributions over relative velocities for an Xe–Xe atomic pair far (up to 10⁹ times) exceed their equilibrium values behind a shock wave within a narrow part of its front at high velocities of the wave and small Mach numbers (M = 2). This feature is lacking in the distributions of He–Xe atomic pairs over relative velocities.     

使用叠栅层析技术测量超音速风洞中的非对称复杂密度场

使用叠栅层析技术解决超音速风洞中复杂密度场的测量难题。应用高灵敏度叠栅偏折仪和间隔角度旋转模型的方法获取超音速风洞中流场的多方向叠栅条纹图。层析计算中使用一种新的偏折角修正迭代的叠栅层析算法,该方法可以实现对有限角采样和包含遮挡物的非完全数据重建,迭代过程中结合内边界平滑滤波提高重建精度。实验中获取了马赫数为2.52的超音速风洞中9幅不同采样角的条纹图,经过50次迭代计算后重建出膨胀波区非对称密度场的截面分布,并对测量结果和误差进行了分析和讨论。使用计算流体力学技术对该密度场进行建模和计算,验证了叠栅层析重建结果的正确性,证实了该技术在测量复杂流场领域的重要价值。