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Dynamic measurement of total temperature, pressure and velocity in the Langley 0.3-meter transonic cryogenic tunnel

Author:
Stainback, P. C.
Published:
May 1, 1986.
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1 electronic document
Additional Creators:
Johnson, C. B.
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Summary:
There is theoretical and experimental evidence which indicates that a sudden or step change in the rate at which the liquid nitrogen is injected into the circuit of a cryogenic wind tunnel can cause a temperature front in the flow for several tunnel circuit times. A temperature front, which occurs at intervals equal to the circuit time, is a sudden increase or decrease in the temperature of the flow followed by a nearly constant temperature. Since these fronts can have an effect on the control of the tunnel as well as the time required to establish steady flow conditions in the test section of cryogenic wind tunnel, tests were conducted in the settling chamber in the Langley 0.3-meter Transonic Cryogenic Tunnel (0.3-m TCT) in which high response instrumentation was used to measure the possible existence of these temperature fronts. Three different techniques were used to suddenly change the rate of liquid nitrogen being injected into the tunnel and the results from these three types of tests showed that temperature fronts do not appear to be present in the 0.3-m TCT. Also included are the velocity and pressure fluctuations measured in the settling chamber downstream of the screens and the associated power spectra.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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Document ID: 19860015238.
Accession ID: 86N24709.
NASA-TP-2584.
NAS 1.60:2584.
L-16099.
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