在跨音速气体动力学装置上使用粒子成像测量技术,采用CO2作示踪粒子进行边界层测量
Particle image velocimetry (PIV) is utilized with solid carbon dioxide (CO2)seeding material to conduct boundary layer measurements in the test section of the AirForce Research Laboratory’s Trisonic Gas-dynamics Facility (TGF), which has a 24 inchby 24 inch cross-section. Freestream velocity was set at Mach 0.3, Mach 0.5, or Mach0.8 while stagnation pressure ranged from 500 to 2400 pounds per square foot (psf). Highpressure liquid CO2 was directed through expansion nozzles into shroud tubes which ledto solidified particles in the wind tunnel stagnation chamber. Two different sets ofshroud tubes were used to modify the size of dry ice particles produced and the particlenumber density. Shroud tubes with an inside diameter (ID) of 0.824 inches providedgood particle count and coverage for stagnation pressures between 500 and 1500 psf,while 0.364 inch ID shroud tubes demonstrated good particle count and coverage forstagnation pressures over 1000 psf. Overall, the PIV results produced freestream velocitymeasurements and boundary layer profiles which compared well with expected values.After initial processing, turbulence data closely followed trends expected withinboundary layer, but levels were somewhat higher than anticipated. When the PIV datawas processed using elliptical interrogation regions, elongated in the streamwisedirection, resulting turbulence levels were much closer to expectations.