Skin-Friction Measurements in Supersonic Combustion Flows of a Scramjet Combustor

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taira Tsuru ◽  
Sadatake Tomioka ◽  
Kenji Kudo ◽  
Atsuo Murakami ◽  
Kanenori Kato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skin Friction ◽  
Supersonic Combustion ◽  
Scramjet Combustor ◽  
Friction Measurements

scholarly journals Direct Measurements of Skin Friction in Supersonic Combustion Flow Fields

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. M. Chadwick ◽  
D. J. Deturris ◽  
J. A. Schetz
Keyword(s):  
Skin Friction ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Force Measurement ◽  
Tangential Force ◽  
Transverse Component ◽  
Supersonic Combustion ◽  
Quartz Tube ◽  
Hydrogen Fuel ◽  
Sensor Head ◽  
Scramjet Combustor

An experimental investigation was conducted to measure skin friction along the chamber walls of supersonic combustors. A direct force measurement device was used to simultaneously measure an axial and transverse component of the small tangential shear force passing over a non-intrusive floating element. This measurement was made possible with a sensitive piezoresistive deflection sensing unit. The floating head is mounted to a stiff cantilever beam arrangement with deflection due to the flow on the order of 0.00254 mm (0.0001 in). This allowed the instrument to be a non-nulling type. A second gauge was designed with active cooling of the floating sensor head to eliminate non-uniform temperature effects between the sensor head and the surrounding wall. The key to this device is the use of a quartz tube cantilever with piezoresistive strain gages bonded directly to its surface. A symmetric fluid flow was developed inside the quartz tube to provide cooling to the backside of the floating head. Tests showed that this flow did not influence the tangential force measurement. Measurements were made in three separate combustor test facilities. Tests at NASA Langley Research Center consisted of a Mach 3.0 vitiated air flow with hydrogen fuel injection at Pt = 500 psia (3446 kPa) and Tt = 3000 R (1667 K). Two separate sets of tests were conducted at the General Applied Science Laboratory (GASL) in a scramjet combustor model with hydrogen fuel injection in vitiated air at Mach = 3.3, Pt = 800 psia (5510 kPa), and Tt = 4000 R (2222 K). Skin friction coefficients between 0.001–0.005 were measured dependent on the facility and measurement location. Analysis of the measurement uncertainties indicate an accuracy to within ±10–15% of the streamwise component.

Direct Measurements of Skin Friction in Supersonic Combustion Flow Fields

1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (3) ◽  
pp. 507-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. M. Chadwick ◽  
D. J. DeTurris ◽  
J. A. Schetz
Keyword(s):  
Skin Friction ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Force Measurement ◽  
Tangential Force ◽  
Transverse Component ◽  
Supersonic Combustion ◽  
Quartz Tube ◽  
Hydrogen Fuel ◽  
Sensor Head ◽  
Scramjet Combustor

An experimental investigation was conducted to measure skin friction along the chamber walls of supersonic combustors. A direct force measurement device was used to measure simultaneously an axial and a transverse component of the small tangential shear force passing over a nonintrusive floating element. This measurement was made possible with a sensitive piezoresistive deflection sensing unit. The floating head is mounted to a stiff cantilever beam arrangement with deflection due to the flow on the order of 0.00254 mm (0.0001 in). This allowed the instrument to be a nonnulling type. A second gage was designed with active cooling of the floating sensor head to eliminate nonuniform temperature effects between the sensor head and the surrounding wall. The key to this device is the use of a quartz tube cantilever with piezoresistive strain gages bonded directly to its surface. A symmetric fluid flow was developed inside the quartz tube to provide cooling to the backside of the floating head. Tests showed that this flow did not influence the tangential force measurement. Measurements were made in three separate combustor test facilities. Tests at NASA Langley Research center consisted of a Mach 3.0 vitiated air flow with hydrogen fuel injection at Pt = 500 psia (3466 kPa) and Tt = 3000 R (1667 K). Two separate sets of tests were conducted at the General Applied Science Laboratory (GASL) in a scramjet combustor model with hydrogen fuel injection in vitiated air at Mach = 3.3, Pt = 800 psia (5510 kPa), and Tt = 4000 R (2222 K). Skin friction coefficients between 0.001–0.005 were measured dependent on the facility and measurement location. Analysis of the measurement uncertainties indicate an accuracy to within ± 10–15 percent of the streamwise component.

Skin-Friction Measurements in a Supersonic Combustor with Crossflow Fuel Injection

2001 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 1333-1338 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Tanno ◽  
A. Paull ◽  
R. J. Stalker
Keyword(s):  
Skin Friction ◽  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Friction Measurements

Measurements of turbulent crossflow separation created by a curved body of revolution

2007 ◽  
Vol 589 ◽  
pp. 353-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. A. GREGORY ◽  
P. N. JOUBERT ◽  
M. S. CHONG
Keyword(s):  
Flow Visualization ◽  
Skin Friction ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Separated Flow ◽  
Surface Flow ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Revolution ◽  
Outer Flow ◽  
Friction Measurements ◽  
Surface Flow Visualization

Using the method pioneered by Gurzhienko (1934), the crossflow separation produced by a body of revolution in a steady turn is examined using a stationary deformed body placed in a wind tunnel. The body of revolution was deformed about a radius equal to three times the body's length. Surface pressure and skin-friction measurements revealed regions of separated flow occurring over the rear of the model. Extensive surface flow visualization showed the presence of separated flow bounded by a separation and reattachment line. This region of separated flow began just beyond the midpoint of the length of the body, which was consistent with the skin-friction data. Extensive turbulence measurements were performed at four cross-sections through the wake including two stations located beyond the length of the model. These measurements revealed the location of the off-body vortex, the levels of turbulent kinetic energy within the shear layer producing the off-body vorticity and the large values of 〈uw〉 stress within the wake. Velocity spectra measurements taken at several points in the wake show evidence of the inertial sublayer. Finally, surface flow topologies and outer-flow topologies are suggested based on the results of the surface flow visualization.

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