– Impingement Cooling
– Impingement Jet Array Heat Transfer With Surface Textures
– Surface Roughness Characterization and Analysis
– Dimple Surface Arrays
– Swirl Chambers
– Surface Heat Transfer Augmentation Within Internal Passages
– Film Cooling
– Full-Coverage Film Cooling
– Double Wall Cooling
– Second Law Analysis of Film Cooling
– Aerodynamic Losses From Turbine Airfoils
– Transonic Turbine Blade Tips
– Transonic Turbine Blade Tips With Film Cooling
– Transonic Turbine Alloy Blades
– Supersonic Flow Experimental Results
– Shock Wave Unsteady Interactions
– Viscous Dissipation Within a Transonic Flow Environment
– Transitional Flows in Curved Channels
– Dean Flow Dynamics in Low-Aspect Ratio Spiral Microchannels
– Unsteady Laminar Impinging Slot Jets
– Electronics Cooling
– Miniature and Micro-Scale Pumps
– Slip Rarefaction Phenomena
– Elastic Instabilities
– Buoyancy-Driven Continuous SPLITT Fractionation
SUPERSONIC FLOW EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
Photograph of test section with shock wave holding plate and downstream choking flap. Flow direction is from left to right. Test section 3.
Photograph of facility components with camera and other devices employed for shadowgraph flow visualizations. Test section 3.
Photograph of facility components with camera and other devices employed for Schlieren flow visualizations. Test section 1.
Test Photograph of inlet duct, supersonic nozzle, test section, and exhaust plenum. Test section 1.
Test section pressure variations with time for Test – Date 02-16-2017 Time 15-41. Test section 1.
Test section inlet Mach number variation with time for Test – Date 02-16-2017 Time 15-41. Test section 1.
Still photograph of Schlieren image for Test 2017-02-21 at 15-33 at 4 seconds after testing begins. Recorded at 200 fps. Total Test Time 15 sec. Startup Transient 0-2 sec. Established 2-9 sec. Ending Transient 9-15 sec. Downstream choking flap oriented at 1.5 degrees. Test section inlet Mach number is 1.54. Test section 1.
Still photograph of shadowgraph image for Test 2018-04-05 at 15-11. Recorded at 10,000 frames per second. Downstream choking flap oriented at 3.92 degrees. Test section inlet Mach number is 1.54. Test section 3.
Digital video sequence of Schlieren images. Recorded at 200 fps. Test section inlet Mach number is 1.54. Test 2017-02-21 at 15-33. Downstream choking flap oriented at 1.5 degrees. Test section 1.