This work aims to investigate the viability of implementing infrared thermography to measure
the surface temperature of test models in the X2 expansion tunnel at the University of
Queensland, Australia. Infrared thermography is an attractive temperature measurement
technique for small facilities with high enthalpy and high pressure flows due to the limitation
on the spatial resolution of surface mounted instrumentation and the damage seen by these
types of sensors. Intense shock layer radiation between the target and the sensor precludes …