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Chokani, N.

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NASA NTRS1992

A large-field laser holographic focusing schilieren system

A large-field laser holographic focusing schlieren system for high-speed flow visualization has been built and evaluated. This system is based on a recently improved large-field focusing schlieren technique and is combined with laser holography methods to record three-dimensional flows. A coordinated experimental and computational study of supersonic flows over wedge, cone, and sphere geometries was conducted to evaluate the capabilities and limitations of the system. The ability of the system to focus on planes normal to its optical axis is demonstrated. The sharpness of focus of the present system was found to be limited. Issues regarding obtaining quantitative measurements of the density gradient are discussed.

Doggett, Glen P.↗
NASA NTRS1991

Passive control of supersonic cavity flowfields

A computational investigation has been conducted to study the effect and mechanisms of the passive control of a supersonic flow over a rectangular two-dimensional cavity. The passive control was included through the use of a porous surface over a vent chamber in the floor of the cavity. The passive control effectively suppressed the low-frequency pressure oscillations for the open type cavity, (length-to-depth ratio = 6.0). The mechanism for the suppression was observed to be the stabilization of the motion of the free shear layer. For the closed type cavity flow, (length-to-depth ratio = 17.5), the passive control modified the flowfield to nearly that of an open type cavity flow; further the cavity drag was reduced by a factor of four. The computational results of both cases showed good agreement with the available experimental data and the predictions of a semiempirical formula. This study demonstrates that the passive control concept can be used to improve the aerodynamic characteristics of open and closed cavity flowfields.

Chokani, N.↗
NASA NTRS1991

Suppression of pressure oscillations in an open cavity by passive pneumatic control

A computational investigation has been conducted to determine the effectiveness of a passive control technique in suppressing the oscillations in an open cavity exposed to a supersonic flow. Time-accurate solutions of the unsteady, Reynolds-averaged, Navier-Stokes equations were obtained with an explicit predictor-corrector algorithm; the passive control was implemented through the use of a simple linear pressure-velocity law along the porous cavity floor. The computational code was validated by comparisons with experimental data for the cavity flow without control. The computational results with control demonstrate that the oscillations are suppressed; the fluid dynamic mechanism of the control is seen to be a stabilization of the free-shear layer. Spectral analysis of the unsteady data shows that the resonant frequencies are essentially unchanged by the control. Beneficial reductions in the cavity resonant drag are also observed.

Chokani, N.↗