FLEET velocimetry for aerodynamics

PM Danehy, RA Burns, DT Reese… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Long-lasting emission from femtosecond excitation of nitrogen-based flows shows promise
as a useful mechanism for a molecular tagging velocimetry instrument. The technique …

Recent progress in high-speed laser diagnostics for hypersonic flows

N Jiang, PS Hsu, M Gragston, S Roy - Applied Optics, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The recent progress in high-speed (≥ 100k H z) laser diagnostics for hypersonic flows is
reviewed. Owing to the ultrahigh flow speed, a laser frequency of 100 kHz or higher is …

Non-intrusive measurement techniques for flow characterization of hypersonic wind tunnels

PM Danehy, J Weisberger, C Johansen, D Reese… - 2018 - ntrs.nasa.gov
This manuscript describes the wide variety of optical measurement techniques for
characterizing the flow in hypersonic wind tunnels. The introduction briefly describes …

Amplification and structure of streamwise-velocity fluctuations in compression-corner shock-wave/turbulent boundary-layer interactions

MA Mustafa, NJ Parziale, MS Smith… - Journal of Fluid …, 2019 - cambridge.org
In this work, we study the effect of the compression-corner angle on the streamwise turbulent
kinetic energy (sTKE) and structure in Mach 2.8 flow. Krypton tagging velocimetry (KTV) is …

Seedless velocimetry of high-enthalpy hypersonic boundary layers by nitric oxide ionization induced flow tagging and imaging at 100 kHz

BS Leonov, N Jiang, F Siddiqui, S Roy, RB Miles - Optics Letters, 2024 - opg.optica.org
This Letter describes the first, to the best of our knowledge, demonstration of a velocity
measurement by nitric oxide ionization induced flow tagging and imaging (NiiFTI) of a high …

10 kHz molecular tagging velocimetry in a Mach 4 air flow with acetone vapor seeding

M Gragston, CD Smith - Experiments in Fluids, 2022 - Springer
In this work, 10 kHz molecular tagging velocimetry (MTV) in a M∞= 4 Ludwieg tube is done
using a partial pressure of acetone seeded into the facility driver tube. Despite using air as …

Krypton tagging velocimetry in a turbulent Mach 2.7 boundary layer

D Zahradka, NJ Parziale, MS Smith, EC Marineau - Experiments in Fluids, 2016 - Springer
The krypton tagging velocimetry (KTV) technique is applied to the turbulent boundary layer
on the wall of the “Mach 3 Calibration Tunnel” at Arnold Engineering Development Complex …

Nonintrusive freestream velocity measurement in a large-scale hypersonic wind tunnel

MA Mustafa, NJ Parziale, MS Smith, EC Marineau - AIAA journal, 2017 - arc.aiaa.org
HIGH-SPEED wind tunnels typically rely on pressure and/or temperature measurement and
nozzle-flow calculations to determine the freestream conditions. This practice can require a …

Profiles of streamwise velocity and fluctuations in a hypersonic turbulent boundary layer using acetone tagging velocimetry

BA Segall, D Shekhtman, A Hameed, JH Chen… - Experiments in …, 2023 - Springer
Acetone tagging velocimetry (ATV) with nominally 1% mole fraction acetone seeding was
conducted in a shock-tunnel-generated hypersonic turbulent boundary layer over a hollow …

High-repetition-rate krypton tagging velocimetry in Mach-6 hypersonic flows

N Jiang, SW Grib, PS Hsu, M Borg, SA Schumaker… - Applied Optics, 2022 - opg.optica.org
A 100 kHz krypton (Kr) tagging velocimetry (KTV) technique was demonstrated in a Mach-6
Ludwieg tube using a burst-mode laser-pumped optical parametric oscillator system. The …