The aero-optical effect of a flat-plate adiabatic boundary layer has been measured using the light generated by a laser-induced breakdown spark. The measurements were performed in a blowdown wind tunnel at freestream Mach numbers of 3 and 4.38. The tests showed that the aero-optical effect of boundary layers with rms optical path difference as low as 0.05    μ m could be accurately measured using the laser-induced breakdown spark, including their deflection-angle spatial spectra. The results demonstrate that, using the laser-induced breakdown spark as a source of illumination, it is possible to make accurate measurements of low-amplitude aero-optical effects in a manner that is self-contained, nonintrusive, and suitable for a flight-test environment.


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    Title :

    Wave-Front Measurements of a Supersonic Boundary Layer Using Laser Induced Breakdown


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 55 , 7 ; 2349-2357


    Publication date :

    2017-07-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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