Measurements of freestream density fluctuations in a hypersonic wind tunnel

B Birch, D Buttsworth, F Zander - Experiments in Fluids, 2020 - Springer
Density disturbances in the freestream of the University of Southern Queensland's Mach 6
wind tunnel (ρ _ ∞ ≈ 34\, gm^-3 ρ∞≈ 34 gm-3) have been measured using a focused …

Hypersonic oscillating shock-wave/boundary-layer interaction on a flat plate

GMD Currao, LP McQuellin, AJ Neely, SL Gai… - AIAA journal, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
This work discusses the design, measurement, and simulation of an oscillating shock-
wave/boundary-layer interaction on a flat plate at Mach 5.8 and R e∞= 7× 10 6 m− 1. The …

Time-resolved stagnation temperature measurements in hypersonic flows using surface junction thermocouples

B Birch, D Buttsworth, F Zander - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Fast-response coaxial surface junction thermocouples have been used to measure time-
resolved stagnation temperature of the Mach 6 flow produced by the University of Southern …

Aerothermoelastic Response of a Radiatively Heated Compliant Panel in Mach 6 Flow

Z Tuten, DD Dooner, AJ Neely… - AIAA SCITECH 2025 …, 2025 - arc.aiaa.org
Hypersonic aerothermoelastic data are needed to investigate fundamental physics and
support the validation of numerical models. To this end, a novel experimental model …

High-Speed Fluid-Structure Interactions on a Compliant Panel

BAL Vasconcelos, P Eduardo - 2023 - unsworks.unsw.edu.au
This work investigates first-of-kind experiments to measure fluid-structure interactions (FSI)
on a clamped-free-clamped-free compliant panel at Mach 5.8 in a Ludwieg tube. The panel …

Hypersonic Nozzle Characterisation Using CFD

A Webb - 2020 - sear.unisq.edu.au
The University of Southern Queensland Hypersonic Testing Facility (TUSQ) is used for
experimentation involving supersonic and hypersonic aerodynamics. TUSQ has four …