Quantitative focused laser differential interferometry with hypersonic turbulent boundary layers

EK Benitez, MP Borg, J Luke Hill, MT Aultman… - Applied Optics, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The effect of turbulent wind-tunnel-wall<? TeX 2pc 0pt?> boundary layers on density change
measurements obtained with focused laser differential interferometry (FLDI) was studied …

Instability evolution in the hypersonic boundary layer over a wavy wall

WK Zhu, DW Gu, WF Si, MJ Zhang, SY Chen… - Journal of Fluid …, 2022 - cambridge.org
The effects of a wavy wall on the stability of a hypersonic boundary layer on a flared cone
are investigated by detailed experimental measurements and direct numerical simulations …

Focused laser differential interferometry with contoured tunnel windows

EK Benitez, JS Jewell, SP Schneider - AIAA Journal, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
A unique focused laser differential interferometry (FLDI) configuration designed to work with
contoured windows was developed for use with the Boeing/US Air Force Office of Scientific …

Optical-axis spatial sensitivity of a simulated focused laser differential interferometer

EK Benitez, MP Borg, C Rhodes, JS Jewell - AIAA Journal, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
A focused laser differential interferometer (FLDI) simulation was used to study the sensitivity
of the FLDI technique to a variety of factors. The model takes in a series of density fields and …

Interaction and breakdown induced by multiple optimal disturbances in hypersonic boundary layer

P Guo, J Hao, CY Wen - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
The present paper finds that the coexistence of multiple primary instability waves may cause
a non-trivial nonlinear interaction and breakdown process, which has not been reported …

Instability measurements in hypersonic flow on a three-dimensional cone-slice-ramp geometry

A Pandey, KM Casper, DR Guildenbecher… - AIAA Scitech 2022 …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-1578. vid This study explores the
instability waves occuring at Mach 8 on a slender cone with an axial slice that is followed by …

Combined experimental and numerical investigation of a hypersonic turbulent boundary layer by means of FLDI and large-eddy simulations

GP Camillo, A Wagner, T Toki, C Scalo - Aerospace, 2023 - mdpi.com
This work investigates a hypersonic turbulent boundary layer over a 7° half angle cone at a
wall-to-total temperature ratio of 0.1, M∞= 7.4 and R e∞ m= 4.2× 10 6 m− 1, in terms of …

[HTML][HTML] Focused laser differential interferometry post-processing methodology for flowfields with circular symmetry

GP Camillo, A Wagner - Review of Scientific Instruments, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
An analytic methodology is presented to reconstruct the pressure waveform of flowfields with
circular symmetry from the phase shift detected with Focused Laser Differential …

Measurement of hypersonic turbulent boundary layer on a flat plate using cylindrical focused laser differential interferometer

R Huang, W Liu, J Cheng, J Wu - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
ABSTRACT A modified Cylindrical-Focused Laser Differential Interferometer (CFLDI) system
was used to measure the density fluctuations generated by a Mach 6 turbulent boundary …

Hypersonic boundary-layer instability characteristics on sharp cone with porous coating

Y Gui, W Wang, R Zhao, J Zhao, J Wu - AIAA Journal, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
HYPERSONIC boundary-layer transition control plays a para-mount role in the development
of hypersonic technologies, as increasing the laminar region could prominently reduce the …