Hypersonic boundary-layer instability disturbance and transition experiments were performed in the Air Force Research Laboratory Mach-6 Ludwieg Tube on a 1-m-long ogive-cylinder model with interchangeable nose-tip geometries of varying ogive radii and nose bluntnesses. Boundary-layer disturbances were measured via focused laser differential interferometry, surface-mounted pressure sensors, and high-speed schlieren videography at unit Reynolds numbers ranging from 3.4 × 10 6 to 13.6 × 10 6    m 1 . Three primary disturbance structures were observed that were dependent on ogive radius and nose bluntness. Each disturbance structure exhibits unique characteristics that are closely tied to the leading-edge geometry of the model. The addition of nose bluntness is shown to have an overall delay in transition onset, and a possible blunt nose transition reversal is observed as bluntness is further increased. It is also shown that the effects of the ogive radius in addition to nose bluntness alter the flow instability disturbance and transition behaviors and are likely tied to a modification of the entropy layer structure. A novel curvature-based Reynolds number is proposed that successfully correlates the effects of multiple leading-edge radii of curvature to dominant downstream boundary-layer disturbances and transition onset locations.


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    Title :

    Experimental Measurements of Hypersonic Instabilities over Ogive-Cylinders at Mach 6


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    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 60 , 8 ; 4492-4508


    Publication date :

    2022-03-31


    Size :

    17 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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