Improvement of a free piston driver for a high-enthalpy shock tunnel

In order to improve the operation of a high-enthalpy free piston shock tunnel its tuned operation was studied analytically and experimentally. First, the piston motion in the free piston driver tube was analytically solved by proposing a simple piston/gasdynamic model, and the tuned operation condition was formulated as an eigenvalue with which the piston has sufficiently high speed at the moment of diaphragm rupture, so as to maintain a constant driver gas pressure, and reduces its speed to come to rest when very closely approaching the end of the driver tube. Second, the result of this analysis was validated by its comparison with experiments which were conducted in the medium-sized free piston shock tunnel HEK installed at the NAL Kakuda Research Center. By observing the detail of piston landing at the end of the driver tube the present tuned operation was found to be successfully achieved with the operating condition given here. Its advantages in improving the pressure recovery factor and in enhancing the stagnation enthalpy were successfully demonstrated. Received 8 June 1997 / Accepted 1 October 1997     

The effect of diaphragm opening time on the feasibility of tuned operation in free piston shock tunnels

The effect of diaphragm opening time on the feasibility of tuned operation is analyzed by parametric calculations. The effect on the duration of pressure holding is also investigated. Characteristic parameters are defined to show the effects of dimensions, operation conditions and diaphragm opening time. It is shown that diaphragm opening time needs to be less than a certain limit to achieve tuned operation. The limit depends on pressure at diaphragm rupture and the ratio of diameters between a downstream shock tube and a compression tube. The permissible diaphragm opening time is also proportional to the length of the compression tube. The existence of the limit required for tuned operation is shown to be caused by the increase of pressure in the driver gas during the diaphragm opening. Moreover, the effect of diaphragm opening time on the duration of the pressure holding is shown to be weak once tuned operation becomes feasible.

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Rupture-disk-less shock-tube with compression tube driven by free piston

A new technique is proposed for a shock tube driven by a freely moving piston. In a conventional free-piston-driven shock tube, a rupture disk is employed between the compression tube and the shock generation tube. In the present method, however, the conventional rupture disk is replaced by a newly developed fast action valve which is activated by the compressed gas generated in the compression tube. The present method enables us to generate high Mach number shock waves of arbitrary strength with good reproducibility. The performance of the new method is demonstrated experimentally. This also enables us to be carefree to scattering of fragments of the rupture disk. Received 6 June 1996 / Accepted 6 October 1996     

用于爆轰驱动的射流起爆实验研究

爆轰驱动激波风洞的自由来流模拟范围与驱动气体的爆轰极限密切相关,爆轰极限越宽则模拟范围越大。驱动气体一般是通过点火管进行起爆的,提高点火管的起爆能力可以拓宽爆轰极限。为了提高点火管起爆能力,就点火管口径、点火气体爆轰敏感性和单/双点火管3种因素的影响进行了实验研究。在不同的点火管初始条件下,对驱动段波速进行了测量。结论如下:(1)提高点火管口径可以显著提升起爆能力;(2)点火气体爆轰敏感性对起爆能力有影响,点火管为缩径内型面时,低敏感性气体起爆能力更强,点火管为等径内型面时则低敏感性气体和高敏感性气体的起爆能力大体持平;(3)在保证射流同步的前提下,双点火管能够提高起爆能力,为保证射流同步性需使用化学恰当比的氢氧混气等爆轰敏感性强的点火气体。     

Experimental study on the flow field behind a backward-facing step using a detonation-driven shock tunnel

The supersonic combustion RAM jet (SCRAM jet) engine is expected to be used in next-generation space planes and hypersonic airliners. To develop the engine, stabilized combustion in a supersonic flow field must be attained even though the residence time of flow is extremely short. A mixing process for breathed air and fuel injected into the supersonic flow field is therefore one of the most important design problems. Because the flow inside the SCRAM jet engine has high enthalpy, an experimental facility is required to produce the high-enthalpy flow field. In this study, a detonation-driven shock tunnel was built to produce a high-enthalpy flow, and a model SCRAM jet engine equipped with a backward-facing step was installed in the test section of the facility to visualize flow fields using a color schlieren technique and high-speed video camera. The fuel was injected perpendicularly to a Mach 3 flow behind the backward-facing step. The height of the step, the injection distance and injection pressure were varied to investigate the effects of the step on air/fuel mixing characteristics. The results show that the recirculation region increases as the fuel injection pressure increases. For injection behind the backward-facing step, mixing efficiency is much higher than with a flat plate. Also, the injection position has a significant influence on the size of the recirculation region generated behind the backward-facing step. The schlieren photograph and pressure histories measured on the bottom wall of the SCRAM jet engine model show that the fuel was ignited behind the step.Communicated by K. Takayama PACS 47.40.Ki     

斜激波和可压缩流向涡相互作用的实验观察

激波和可压缩流向涡相互作用现象近年来成为流体力学研究中的一个热点。本文在激波风洞中研究了可压缩流向涡与斜激波相互作用的现象。实验发现,相互作用后激波和旋涡均发生不同程度变形,但旋涡未发生明显破碎。并且发现在干扰点附近,从涡核发出一束膨胀波,这些膨胀波与斜激波作用,使得激波干扰后发生弯曲。     

On aspects of damping for a vertical beam with a tuned mass damper at the top

In this paper, the wind-induced, horizontal vibrations of a vertical Euler–Bernoulli beam will be considered. At the top of the beam, a tuned mass damper (TMD) has been installed. The horizontal vibrations can be described by an initial-boundary value problem. Perturbation methods will be applied to construct approximations of the solutions of the initial-boundary value problem, and it will be shown that the TMD uniformly damps the oscillation modes of the beam. In the analysis, it will be assumed that damping, wind-force, and gravity effects are small but not negligible.     

Experimental benchmark of a free plunging wing with imposed flap oscillations

The validation of fluid–structure interaction solvers is difficult since there is a lack of experimental data. Therefore, in this work an aeroelastic experiment is presented. The focus is on the temporal coupling between fluid and structure dynamics. Issues in the spatial coupling are eliminated by using a rigid wing. The wing, with a harmonically actuated 0.2c trailing edge flap, has a degree of freedom in the plunge (vertical) direction. The wing has a chord of 0.5 m and is suspended with springs. The wing motion is constrained by a vertical rail system.For simplicity attached flow is desired and therefore the set angle of attack is α=0°. The Reynolds number is approximately Re=700 000 and the flap deflects over a range of about ±2°. The damped natural frequency of the structure expressed as a reduced frequency is about k=0.194 and measurements are performed for reduced flap frequencies ranging from k=0.1 to k=0.3. Displacements and time dependent aerodynamic forces are measured and for k=0.198 2-D PIV measurements are performed. The planar PIV measurements are used to intrinsically determine the unsteady loads using Noca׳s method.As expected the aeroelastic problem shows similarities with a viscously damped mass–damper–spring, meaning the maximum excursion of the wing is found near the system eigenfrequency. The lift is dominated by the flap motion and the effective angle of attack due to the motion introduces phase shifts of the lift signal with respect to the flap phase angle.The experiment has been set up and executed with the necessary precision, but small ambiguities are found in the lift and drag disqualifying the data for validation. Nevertheless the data set provides a clear insight into typical loads and motions and can be used for comparative studies. It can also be used to (re)design future experiments to improve the quality of the data to the desired level of accuracy for validation.     

一种直降式滑橇减震器性能研究

为验证无人机伞降回收系统的直降式滑橇着陆装置的动力学性能,对其着陆缓冲过程进行数学模拟构造了该装置的动力学模型,通过数值求解得出了该装置缓冲过程的动态特性。对其着陆压缩过程的动力学模型进行了简化,计算结果可用于减震器参数的确定。落震试验结果表明:动力学模型能准确模拟着陆装置的缓冲过程;以5m/s着陆时过载仅为6.8g;本文所采用动力学模型的数值求解结果与实验结果一致,误差小于5%。     

Experimental study and direct numerical simulation of the evolution of disturbances in a viscous shock layer on a flat plate

The evolution of disturbances in a hypersonic viscous shock layer on a flat plate excited by slow-mode acoustic waves is considered numerically and experimentally. The parameters measured in the experiments performed with a free-stream Mach number M _∞ = 21 and Reynolds number Re _L = 1.44 · 10⁵ are the transverse profiles of the mean density and Mach number, the spectra of density fluctuations, and growth rates of natural disturbances. Direct numerical simulation of propagation of disturbances is performed by solving the Navier-Stokes equations with a high-order shock-capturing scheme. The numerical and experimental data characterizing the mean flow field, intensity of density fluctuations, and their growth rates are found to be in good agreement. Possible mechanisms of disturbance generation and evolution in the shock layer at hypersonic velocities are discussed. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 47, No. 5, pp. 3–15, September–October, 2006.     

地冲击下新型脆断构件防护性能实验研究

为对地冲击作用下地下结构进行有效防护,提出一种泡沫混凝土材质的新型防护构件。与使用实心泡沫混凝土层的防护机理不同,本文中提出的构件在地冲击作用下,首先发生脆断破坏,然后破碎块体间搭接折断、挤压密实。通过构造设计,截断地冲击荷载,减弱荷载传递,改变被保护结构上的荷载形式。通过场地爆炸实验对比了不同防护措施下（无防护、实心泡沫混凝土层防护及新型构件防护）被保护结构的动力响应。实验结果表明：新型构件防护通过脆断、破碎块体的搭接、挤压密实表现出较实心泡沫混凝土层防护更好的防护效果;新型构件防护由于脆断特性,在较小荷载下即可显著削弱荷载传递,避免了实心泡沫混凝土层防护中负效果的出现;地冲击荷载较强时,构件防护层趋于压实,其防护效果逐渐接近实心泡沫混凝土层。

     

Experimental study of the reverse flow in the forward separation region in a pulsating flow around a spiked body

The flow with a free-stream Mach number M _∞ = 6 around a cylindrical body with a sharp spike is studied. The existence of a supersonic reverse flow for one of the phases of the pulsating flow regime is experimentally validated. A range of spike lengths is determined, which ensures a region of a supersonic reverse flow near the side surface of the spike. The time of existence of the supersonic reverse flow region is shown to be 0.15 of the period of pulsations if the spike length equals the model diameter. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 30–39, July–August, 2007.     

弱动力扰动对花岗岩圆形隧洞岩爆影响的试验研究

为探究弱动力扰动对岩爆的影响,利用高压伺服动真三轴试验机,对含预制圆形贯穿孔洞的红色中粗晶粒立方体花岗岩试样进行弱动力扰动荷载条件下的岩爆模型试验,模拟隧洞洞壁围岩的岩爆弹射破坏过程,并采用声发射系统和视频观测系统对其进行监测、记录。基于无扰动、高应力下开始施加扰动和低应力下开始施加扰动3种加载路径的试验数据,从岩爆弹射破坏、岩爆坑破坏形态、声发射信号特征及岩爆烈度4个方面,详细分析弱动力扰动条件下的岩爆特征。研究结果表明：弱动力扰动会降低洞壁围岩发生岩爆时所需要的应力水平,增大岩爆破坏发生的范围。高应力下开始施加的扰动荷载会促进最终岩爆快速发生;而在低应力下开始施加的扰动荷载,岩爆的发生过程较为缓慢。相比与静应力条件下的岩爆,高应力下开始施加扰动触发的岩爆更剧烈,低应力下开始施加扰动触发的岩爆剧烈程度较弱。这主要是因为在高应力下开始施加的扰动对能量释放起到了激发和放大的作用,低应力下开始施加的扰动对能量释放仅起到激发的作用。

     

Effects of anisotropy on the free convection from a vertical plate embedded in a porous medium

The effects of anisotropy on the steady laminar boundary-layer free convection over a vertical impermeable surface are analysed by using the method of integral relations. If the permeability in the direction orthogonal to the plate is greater than the permeability along the plate, then there is an increase in the temperature field.     

激波诱导下的气体界面不稳定性实验研究

界面不稳定性, 特别是Richtmyer–Meshkov (RM) 不稳定性, 是流体
力学中一项重要的研究内容, 无论在学术研究领域还是工程应用领域都有着
重要的研究价值和应用背景. RM 不稳定性问题自提出以来, 得到了学术界
广泛的关注, 其研究无论是在实验方法、数值模拟还是在理论分析方面都取
得了很大的进展. 在激波管中开展激波与界面相互作用的实验研究, 即研究
界面初始扰动在激波诱导下的演化规律, 是目前研究RM 不稳定性的重要手
段. RM 不稳定性实验研究包括3 个部分, 分别是激波的产生、界面的形成
以及流场的观测. 综述了RM 不稳定性的实验研究进展, 并针对目前研究的
局限性提出了RM 不稳定性今后实验研究的重点和方向: 汇聚激波作用下界
面不稳定性的发展规律; 激波冲击下多种形状及大振幅界面的演化机理; 三
维界面的RM 不稳定性发展规律; 可压缩湍流的形成与混合机理.      

柔性障碍物对甲烷空气爆炸波激励作用的实验研究

为研究柔性障碍物对甲烷空气爆炸波的激励效应,采用双向拉伸聚丙烯（biaxially oriented polypropylene, BOPP）薄膜作为柔性障碍物将管道内甲烷空气预混气体与空气隔开,对比障碍物前后火焰、激波变化,分析膜状柔性障碍物激励效应的机理。实验结果表明:这种具有一定承压能力的柔性障碍物对甲烷爆炸波产生的激励效应不可忽视,在膜片破裂前产生多次激波反射过程,可诱导湍流火焰形成,促使膜前爆炸压力提高,膜片破裂后,火焰在伴流作用下传播速度突增,并加速逐渐逼近前驱冲击波,致使膜后爆炸压力大幅提高;激励效应可使膜片前后最大爆炸压力相差5倍,火焰速度相差7倍;另外在膜片位置2.5 m后增设一道膜片,可增强这种激励效应,而增加膜片的实质是使激波火焰相互作用的次数增加。     

On the free vibrations of a piezoceramic hollow sphere

The aim of the paper is to analyze the free vibrations of a piezoceramic hollow sphere with radial polarization. Using the cnoidal method and a genetic algorithm solves the equations of a radially inhomogeneous spherically isotropic piezoelastic medium. The Reddy and the cosine laws represent the functionally graded property of material. It is seen that for a piezoceramic hollow sphere, the piezoelectric effect consists in increasing the values for the natural frequencies in the specified classes of vibrations.     

燃料-空气云雾爆轰的直接引爆实验研

在直径240mm的立式激波管中环氧丙烷(PO)、正己烷、癸烷分别与空气混合进行了直接起爆,测定了不同燃料、不同当量比的云雾直接引爆的临界起爆能。实验发现,当PO 空气混合物、正己烷 空气混合物及癸烷 空气混合物的当量比分别为1.05、1.12及1.15时,其临界起爆能均最小;三种混合物的可爆下限当量比分别为0.47(质量浓度4.23%)、0.75(质量浓度5.29%)及0.89(质量浓度5.8%)。实验表明,在本实验条件下,三种燃料与空气混合物的云雾都容易在较大当量比范围内引发爆轰并实现爆轰波稳定传播。     

Experimental and numerical studies of rotational relaxation behind a strong shock wave in air

This paper describes the experimental and numerical investigations of unknown characteristics of the rotational nonequilibrium phenomena behind a strong shock wave in air. Experiments were carried out using a piston-driven shock tube with helium as driving gas and air as driven (test) gas, operated as a two-stage shock tube. In the experiments, emission spectra of NO were measured to evaluate the rotational temperature behind a strong shock wave. The numerical calculations use the computational code for the thermal and chemical nonequilibrium flow behind a strong shock wave developed by the present author's group, where 11 chemical species (N, O, NO, N, O, N, O, NO, N, O, e) and 48 chemical reactions of high-temperature air are considered. The thermal nonequilibrium is expressed by introducing an 8 temperature model composed of translational temperature, rotational and vibrational temperatures for N, O, NO, and electron temperature. The coupling of a rotation, vibration and dissociation (CRVD) model was incorporated to take sufficiently into account the rotational nonequilibrium. The calculations were conducted for the same conditions as the experimental ones. From the calculated flow properties, emission spectra were re-constructed using the code for computing spectra of high temperature air “SPRADIAN”. Furthermore, rotational and vibrational temperatures of NO (0,1) were determined from a curve fitting method and compared with the computed results. Received 12 September 2001 / Accepted 18 February 2002     

Influence of aspect ratio on the flow above the free end of a surface-mounted finite cylinder

The flow above the free end of a surface-mounted finite-height cylinder was studied in a low-speed wind tunnel using particle image velocimetry (PIV). Velocity measurements were made in vertical and horizontal measurement planes above the free end of finite cylinders of aspect ratios AR = 9, 7, 5 and 3, at a Reynolds number of Re = 4.2 × 10⁴. The relative thickness of the boundary layer on the ground plane was δ/D = 1.7. Flow separating from the leading edge formed a prominent recirculation zone on the free-end surface. The legs of the mean arch vortex contained within the recirculation zone terminate on the free-end surface on either side of the centreline. Separated flow from the leading edge attaches onto the upper surface of the cylinder along a prominent attachment line. Local separation downstream of the leading edge is also induced by the reverse flow and arch vortex circulation within the recirculation zone. As the cylinder aspect ratio is lowered from AR = 9 to AR = 3, the thickness of the recirculation zone increases, the arch vortex centre moves downstream and higher above the free-end surface, the attachment position moves downstream, and the termination points of the arch vortex move upstream. A lowering of the aspect ratio therefore results in accentuated curvature of the arch vortex line. Changes in aspect ratio also influence the vorticity generation in the near-wake region and the shape of the attachment line.