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 …

[HTML][HTML] Application of high-speed self-aligned focusing schlieren system for supersonic flow velocimetry

PA Lax, SB Leonov - Aerospace, 2024 - mdpi.com
A self-aligned focusing schlieren (SAFS) system combines the field of view of a conventional
schlieren system with the defocus blur of a focusing schlieren system away from the object …

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 …

Global reconstruction of hypersonic boundary layer disturbance modes

JL Hill, EK Benitez, MP Borg, MF Reeder - AIAA SciTech 2023 Forum, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-0869. vid The reconstruction of
globally-consistent hypersonic boundary layer disturbance modes from experimental …

Modification of Mach 6 Freestream Flow by Pitot Probe Bow Shock as Measured by Line FLDI and SAFS

JM Weisberger, BF Bathel, GC Herring… - AIAA SciTech 2025 …, 2025 - arc.aiaa.org
Measurements of the flow in front of flat-face Pitot probes in NASA Langley Research
Center's 20-Inch Mach 6 Air Tunnel were made using a 35-point line focused laser …

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 …

Leading-edge curvature influence on hypersonic boundary layer transition

JL Hill, MP Borg, MW Tufts, EK Benitez… - AIAA SCITECH 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-0098. vid A series of experiments
were performed in the Air Force Research Laboratory Mach-6 Ludwieg Tube using a …

Self-Aligned Focusing Schlieren at the 0.3-M Transonic Cryogenic Tunnel and the National Transonic Facility

JM Weisberger, BF Bathel, PM Danehy… - AIAA SCITECH 2024 …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
The implementation of a self-aligned focusing schlieren (SAFS) system at two cryogenic
wind tunnels at NASA Langley Research Center is discussed. Risk-reduction testing of the …

ATLAS: Assistive Tool for seLf-Aligning Schlieren

N Mejia, BE Schmidt - AIAA SciTech 2023 Forum, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-2265. vid An assistive tool called
ATLAS (Assistive Tool for seLf-Aligning Schlieren) has been produced which takes various …

Structure and Stabilization Mechanisms of an Ethylene-Air Flame in Supersonic Co-Flow

NL Strahan, RT Geiger, WB DeVerter… - AIAA SCITECH 2025 …, 2025 - arc.aiaa.org
This work describes the characterization of flame stabilization mechanisms present in a
recirculation-stabilized ethylene-air flame in supersonic co-flow. OH-PLIF measurements are …