Acoustic Measurements In Supersonic Transitional Boundary Layers

Download or read book ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS IN SUPERSONIC TRANSITIONAL BOUNDARY LAYERS. written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surface pressure fluctuations associated with transitional and turbulent boundary-layer flows on a sharp, slender cone at supersonic Mach numbers were experimentally investigated in a 40- by 40-in. supersonic wind tunnel using a flush-mounted 0.25-in.-diam microphone. The results at Mach numbers 3 and 4 demonstrate the feasibility of locating microphones onboard wind tunnel test models to measure overall pressure fluctuations and power spectral distributions in transitional and fully developed turbulent flows. Transition Reynolds numbers determined using a surface microphone are compared with two other established methods of detection. Selected boundary-layer pressure fluctuation characteristics (power spectral density and root-mean-square values) and transition profiles are presented. Methods of data acquisition and analysis are discussed.