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Background Oriented Schlieren Applied to Study Shock Spacing in a Screeching Circular Jet

Author:
Zaman, Khairul B. M. Q.
Published:
January 09, 2012.
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Additional Creators:
Fagan, Amy F. and Clem, Michelle M.
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Background oriented schlieren (BOS) is a recent development of the schlieren and shadowgraph methods. The BOS technique has the ability to provide visualizations of the density gradient in both the axial and radial directions. The resultant magnitude of the density gradients allows for comparison with shadowgraph images. This paper first compares data obtained by the BOS and shadowgraph techniques at identical conditions in a free jet. The patterns and spacing of the shock trains obtained by the two techniques are found to be consistent with one another. This provides confidence in the shock spacing measurement by the BOS technique. Due to its simpler setup, BOS is then applied to investigate the shock spacing associated with the screech phenomenon, especially during stage jumps. Screech frequencies from a 37.6 mm convergent nozzle, as a function of jet Mach number (M(sub j)), are shown to exhibit various stages. As many as eight stages are identified with the present nozzle over the range 1.0 < M(sub j) <1.7. BOS images are acquired at various screech conditions and the shock spacing is examined as a function of M(sub j).
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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Document ID: 20120003980.
E-18135.
50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting; 9-12 Jan. 2012; Nashville, TN; United States.
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