A multi-point focused laser differential interferometer for characterizing freestream disturbances in hypersonic wind tunnels

GI Gillespie, AP Ceruzzi, SJ Laurence - Experiments in Fluids, 2022 - Springer
A three-point Focused Laser Differential Interferometer (FLDI) instrument was implemented
to investigate the freestream disturbance environment in a Mach-6 shock tunnel. The FLDI …

Focused Laser Differential Interferometry: Recent Developments and Applications for Flow Measurements

EK Benitez, A Ceruzzi, M Gragston… - AIAA SCITECH 2025 …, 2025 - arc.aiaa.org
Focused laser differential interferometry (FLDI), first introduced in the 1970s, has developed
into a powerful tool for the analysis of turbulent dynamics and fluctuations in fluid flows …

Laminar/Transitional Fin-induced Shock Wave Boundary-Layer Interactions at Mach 5

S Padmanabhan, L Jouannais, JA Threadgill… - AIAA SCITECH 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-1234. vid An experimental
investigation on Shockwave/Boundary Layer Interaction (SBLI) induced by an unswept fin is …

Global Surface Temperature Distribution on the Initial Concept 3. X Vehicle at Mach 7

A Dhanagopal, N Strasser, A Andrade… - AIAA SCITECH 2024 …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
Global surface temperature distributions were investigated on the Initial Concept 3. X vehicle
model in the UTSA Mach 7 Wind Tunnel for two different angles of attack, 0° and 5° at a …

Thermal Evaluation of the Initial Concept 3. X Vehicle at Mach 7

A Dhanagopal, NS Strasser, A Andrade, KR Posladek… - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
High-speed global surface temperature distributions and heat flux measurements on the
Initial Concept 3. X vehicle (IC3X) model were investigated at the UTSA Mach 7 wind tunnel …

Wall-Normal Focused Laser Differential Interferometry

J Lunte, E Schülein - AIAA Journal, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
A new approach for measuring boundary-layer disturbances with focused laser differential
interferometry (FLDI) for planar models is presented. By integrating a glass window into a flat …

Effects of Surface Roughness on Shock-Wave/Boundary-Layer Interactions at Mach 7.2

ENA Hoffman - 2023 - search.proquest.com
This research work studies the effects of surface roughness on shock-wave/boundary-layer
interactions (SWBLIs). SWBLI are prevalent in supersonic and hypersonic flows and occur …

Wall normal focused laser differential interferometry for measurements of flow disturbances on flat-plate models

J Lunte, E Schülein - AIAA Aviation 2023 Forum, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-3449. vid A new approach for
measuring boundary layer disturbances with focused laser differential interferometry at …

Swept Oblique Shock/Boundary-Layer Interaction on a Sub-Boundary-Layer Bump

S Nazir, K Gowda, AA Francis, JS Jewell… - AIAA SCITECH 2025 …, 2025 - arc.aiaa.org
Experimental investigation of swept impinging oblique shock boundary-layer interaction
(SBLI) over a flat plate at Mach 1.85 is presented. A SBLI control technique based on a two …

Transitional Fin-Induced Shock Boundary Layer Interactions on a Hollow Cylinder at Mach 5

AE Plummer, S Padmanabhan, A Singh… - AIAA AVIATION 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-3700. vid Fin-induced Shock
Boundary Layer Interactions (SBLIs) are investigated on a hollow cylinder at Mach 5 across …