Instability and transition onset downstream of a laminar separation bubble at Mach 6

EK Benitez, MP Borg, A Scholten, P Paredes… - Journal of Fluid …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Instability measurements of an axisymmetric, laminar separation bubble were made over a
sharp cone-cylinder-flare with a flare angle under hypersonic quiet flow. Two distinct …

Implementation of self-aligned focusing Schlieren for hypersonic boundary layer measurements

JL Hill, MP Borg, EK Benitez, CL Running… - AIAA SciTech 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-2438. vid A self-aligned focusing
schlieren (SAFS) apparatus based on a recently published design is implemented for the …

Self-aligned focusing schlieren in optically constrained environments

BF Bathel, MT Boyda, JM Weisberger - Applied Optics, 2024 - opg.optica.org
A method is presented to acquire self-aligned focusing schlieren (SAFS) images when the
optical axis of the instrument is positioned at a non-normal incidence angle to the …

Colinear focused laser differential interferometry and self-aligned focusing schlieren

JM Weisberger, BF Bathel - Applied Optics, 2023 - opg.optica.org
A colinear focused laser differential interferometer (FLDI) and self-aligned focusing schlieren
(SAFS) system has been assembled and tested in the laboratory, using a turbulent jet of …

Thermal Evaluation of the Initial Concept 3. X Vehicle at Mach 7

A Dhanagopal, NS Strasser, A Andrade, KR Posladek… - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
High-speed global surface temperature distributions and heat flux measurements on the
Initial Concept 3. X vehicle (IC3X) model were investigated at the UTSA Mach 7 wind tunnel …

Effects of Surface Roughness on Shock-Wave/Boundary-Layer Interactions at Mach 7.2

ENA Hoffman - 2023 - search.proquest.com
This research work studies the effects of surface roughness on shock-wave/boundary-layer
interactions (SWBLIs). SWBLI are prevalent in supersonic and hypersonic flows and occur …