Direct numerical simulations (DNS) are used to examine the pressure fluctuations generated
by a spatially developed Mach 5.86 turbulent boundary layer. The unsteady pressure field is …

Compressible wall-bounded turbulence is ubiquitously encountered in modern aerospace
and mechanical industries. In this review, we summarize the current state of the literature on …

Although low-disturbance (“quiet”) hypersonic wind tunnels are believed to provide more
reliable extrapolation of boundary-layer transition behavior from ground to flight, the …

Focused laser differential interferometry (FLDI) is used to make freestream density
fluctuation measurements in the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility (VKF) Wind Tunnel D at …

Direct numerical simulations are used to examine the pressure fluctuations generated by
fully developed turbulence in a Mach 2.5 turbulent boundary layer, with an emphasis on the …

Transitional shockwave/boundary layer interactions (SBLI) are studied experimentally.
Experiments are conducted on a hollow-cylinder flare model in the R2Ch blowdown facility …

Abstract Characterization of freestream disturbances and their effect on laminar boundary
layer transition is of great importance in high-speed wind tunnel testing, where significant …

Focused laser differential interferometry (FLDI) and its relative two-point focused laser
differential interferometry (2pFLDI) are completely non-intrusive (ie seedless) optical …

High-speed boundary-layer transition is extremely sensitive to the free-stream disturbances
which are often uncertain. This uncertainty compromises predictions of models and …

This work investigates a hypersonic turbulent boundary layer over a 7° half angle cone at a
wall-to-total temperature ratio of 0.1, M∞= 7.4 and R e∞ m= 4.2× 10 6 m− 1, in terms of …