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NASA NTRS1989

Noise produced by turbulent flow into a rotor: Users manual for atmospheric turbulence prediction and mean flow and turbulence contraction prediction

A users manual for a computer program for predicting atmospheric turbulence and mean flow and turbulence contraction as part of a noise prediction scheme for nonisotropic turbulence ingestion noise in helicopters is described. Included are descriptions of the various program modules and subroutines, their function, programming structure, and the required input and output variables. This routine is incorporated as one module of NASA's ROTONET helicopter noise prediction program.

Simonich, J. C.↗
NASA NTRS1989

Effect of nose bluntness on flow field over slender bodies in hypersonic flows

A parametric study has been conducted to determine the effects of nose bluntness on the enire flowfield over slender bodies under different hypersonic freestream conditions. The analysis is carried out for air under perfect- and equilibrium-gas assumptions. The analyses range from a few simplified approaches to the solution of the complete Navier-Stokes equations. Specific results obtained for spherically blunted cones and ogives demonstrate that there are significant differences in flowfield and surface quantities between sharp and blunted bodies. Depending upon the flow conditions and geometry, the differences are found to persist as far as 260 nose radii downstream.

Singh, D. J.↗
NASA NTRS1992

Jet mixing into a heated cross flow in a cylindrical duct: Influence of geometry and flow variations

To examine the mixing characteristics of jets in an axi-symmetric can geometry, temperature measurements were obtained downstream of a row of cold jets injected into a heated cross stream. Parametric, non-reacting experiments were conducted to determine the influence of geometry and flow variations on mixing patterns in a cylindrical configuration. Results show that jet to mainstream momentum flux ratio and orifice geometry significantly impact the mixing characteristics of jets in a can geometry. For a fixed number of orifices, the coupling between momentum flux ratio and injector determines (1) the degree of jet penetration at the injection plane, and (2) the extent of circumferential mixing downstream of the injection plane. The results also show that, at a fixed momentum flux ratio, jet penetration decreases with (1) an increase in slanted slot aspect ratio, and (2) an increase in the angle of the slots with respect to the mainstream direction.

Hatch, M. S.↗
NASA NTRS1992

Jet mixing into a heated cross flow in a cylindrical duct - Influence of geometry and flow variations

To examine the mixing characteristics of jets in an axi-symmetric can geometry, temperature measurements were obtained downstream of a row of cold jets injected into a heated cross stream. Parametric, non-reacting experiments were conducted to determine the influence of geometry and flow variations on mixing patterns in a cylindrical configuration. Results show that jet to mainstream momentum flux ratio and orifice geometry significantly impact the mixing characteristics of jets in a can geometry. For a fixed number of orifices, the coupling between momentum flux ratio and injector determines (1) the degree of jet penetration at the injection plane, and (2) the extent of circumferential mixing downstream of the injection plane. The results also show that, at a fixed momentum flux ratio, jet penetration decreases with (1) an increase in slanted slot aspect ratio, and (2) an increase in the angle of the slots with respect to the mainstream direction.

Hatch, M. S.↗
NASA NTRS1987

Hypersonic flow code validation activity: Real gas flows

Validation activities and facility types are discussed for six different flow codes: (1) perfect gas; (2) real gas; (3) nozzle/plume; (4) combustion; (5) thermochemical nonequilibrium; and (6) boundary layer and transition. All data and results are presented in viewgraph format.

Deiwert, George S.↗
NASA NTRS1992

A shocked-Bz event caused by fast steady flow-slow transient flow interaction

We show that the 25 November 1978 shock pair was caused by the interaction of a fast steady flow with a slow coronal mass ejection in interplanetary space (ICME). It is suggested that the slow ICME may be disconnected from the sun. In addition, a new method to infer the shock angle and Mach number from the observed upstream plasma beta and the jump ratios of proton density and magnetic flux density across a shock is described.

Zhao, X.↗
NASA NTRS1991

Application of the Galerkin/least-squares formulation to the analysis of hypersonic flows. I - Flow over a two-dimensional ramp

An FEM for the compressible Navier-Stokes equations is introduced. The discretization is based on entropy variables. The methodology is developed within the framework of a Galerkin/least-squares formulation to which a discontinuity-capturing operator is added. Results for three test cases selected among those of the Workshop on Hypersonic Flows for Reentry Problems are presented.

Chalot, F.↗
NASA NTRS1991

Application of the Galerkin/least-squares formulation to the analysis of hypersonic flows. II - Flow past a double ellipse

A finite element method for the compressible Navier-Stokes equations is introduced. The discretization is based on entropy variables. The methodology is developed within the framework of a Galerkin/least-squares formulation to which a discontinuity-capturing operator is added. Results for four test cases selected among those of the Workshop on Hypersonic Flows for Reentry Problems are presented.

Chalot, F.↗
NASA NTRS1993

A novel potential/viscous flow coupling technique for computing helicopter flow fields

The primary objective of this work was to demonstrate the feasibility of a new potential/viscous flow coupling procedure for reducing computational effort while maintaining solution accuracy. This closed-loop, overlapped velocity-coupling concept has been developed in a new two-dimensional code, ZAP2D (Zonal Aerodynamics Program - 2D), a three-dimensional code for wing analysis, ZAP3D (Zonal Aerodynamics Program - 3D), and a three-dimensional code for isolated helicopter rotors in hover, ZAPR3D (Zonal Aerodynamics Program for Rotors - 3D). Comparisons with large domain ARC3D solutions and with experimental data for a NACA 0012 airfoil have shown that the required domain size can be reduced to a few tenths of a percent chord for the low Mach and low angle of attack cases and to less than 2-5 chords for the high Mach and high angle of attack cases while maintaining solution accuracies to within a few percent. This represents CPU time reductions by a factor of 2-4 compared with ARC2D. The current ZAP3D calculation for a rectangular plan-form wing of aspect ratio 5 with an outer domain radius of about 1.2 chords represents a speed-up in CPU time over the ARC3D large domain calculation by about a factor of 2.5 while maintaining solution accuracies to within a few percent. A ZAPR3D simulation for a two-bladed rotor in hover with a reduced grid domain of about two chord lengths was able to capture the wake effects and compared accurately with the experimental pressure data. Further development is required in order to substantiate the promise of computational improvements due to the ZAPR3D coupling concept.

Summa, J. Michael↗
NASA NTRS1995

Flow diagnostics, chemically reacting turbulent flow modeling and turbulent mixing: A summary of project studies in combustion

This report includes copies of relevant publications, including conference proceedings, resulting from studies funded by NAG3-1010. Topics include flow visualization, LDV (laser doppler velocimeter), straight and curved simulations, and kinetics modeling of nitrogen oxides, including a turbulent mixing model for O2 and a maximum mixedness model.

Ghorashi, Bahman↗
NASA NTRS1993

Navier-Stokes flow field analysis of compressible flow in a high pressure safety relief valve

The objective of this study is to investigate the complex three-dimensional flowfield of an oxygen safety pressure relieve valve during an incident, with a computational fluid dynamic (CFD) analysis. Specifically, the analysis will provide a flow pattern that would lead to the expansion of the eventual erosion pattern of the hardware, so as to combine it with other findings to piece together a most likely scenario for the investigation. The CFD model is a pressure based solver. An adaptive upwind difference scheme is employed for the spatial discretization, and a predictor, multiple corrector method is used for the velocity-pressure coupling. The computational result indicated vortices formation near the opening of the valve which matched the erosion pattern of the damaged hardware.

Vu, Bruce↗
NASA NTRS1996

The Development of a Full Field Three-Dimensional Microscale Flow Measurement Technique for Application to Near Contact Line Flows

The goal of this paper is to present details of the development of a new three-dimensional velocity field measurement technique which can be used to provide more insight into the dynamics of thin evaporating liquid films (not limited to just low heat inputs for the heat transfer) and which also could prove useful for the study of spreading and wetting phenomena and other microscale flows.

He, Qun↗
NASA NTRS1996

Flow Field Measurements in a 3-D Separating Flow

A combined experimental and computational effort to test the performance of turbulence models in prediction of three-dimensional separation is under way. The current phase pf the project is the acquisition of flow field data using laser Doppler velocimetry. Accomplishments for summer 1996 include development of the instrument and signal processing system and acquisition of mean velocity profiles.

Compton, Debora A.↗
NASA NTRS1995

SRM Internal Flow Tests and Computational Fluid Dynamic Analysis: Cold Flow Analyses and CFD Analysis Capability Development - Volume 4

An evaluation of the effect of model inlet air temperature drift during a test run was performed to aid in the decision on the need for and/or the schedule for including heaters in the SRMAFTE. The Sverdrup acceptance test data was used to determine the drift in air temperature during runs over the entire range of delivered flow rates and pressures. The effect of this temperature drift on the model Reynolds number was also calculated. It was concluded from this study that a 2% change in absolute temperature during a test run could be adequately accounted for by the data analysis program. A handout package of these results was prepared and presented to ED35 management.

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NASA NTRS1959

Experimental Investigation of Expanded Duct Sections and Screens for Reducing FLow Distortions at Subsonic Flows

An investigation of expanded duct sections and the effect of their design parameters on flow distortion over a duct Mach number range of 0.19 to 0.67 was conducted in the small tunnel facility of the Lewis Research Center. The parameters investigated were: (1) entrance angle of expanded section, (2) length of expanded section, (3) area ratio of expanded section, (4) location of expanded section relative to the engine face, and (5) the use of screens of varying solidities and mesh. Expansion half-angles of deg, 15 deg, and 30 deg reduced the total-pressure distortions induced in the duct. The larger expansion angles reduced circumferential distortion more effectively than radial distortion. However, the half-angle of 15 deg appeared to be optimum for reducing both radial and circumferential distortions while still maintaining a high total-pressure recovery. Increasing the expanded-section area ratio and increasing the expanded-section lengths with-the 150 expansion half-angle led to less total-pressure distortion with no appreciable loss in pressure recovery. Screens incorporated in the expanded section indicated that 22.2-percent- solidity screens decreased distortion still further.while 37.3-percent- solidity screens generally increased distortion above that of a constant- area duct incorporating the same solidity screen.

Chiccine, Bruce G.↗