The pressure-sensitive paint method was used in the test of a high-sweep oblique wing model, conducted in the NASA Ames 9- by 7-ft Supersonic Wind Tunnel. Surface pressure data was acquired from both the luminescent paint and conventional pressure taps at Mach numbers between M = 1.6 and 2.0. In addition, schlieren photographs of the outer flow were used to determine the location of shock waves impinging on the model. The results show that the luminescent pressure-sensitive paint can capture both global and fine features of the static surface pressure field. Comparison with conventional pressure tap data shows good agreement between the two techniques, and that the luminescent paint data can be used to make quantitative measurements of the pressure changes over the model surface. The experiment also demonstrates the practical considerations and limitations that arise in the application of this technique under supersonic flow conditions in large-scale facilities, as well as the directions in which future research is necessary in order to make this technique a more practical wind-tunnel testing tool.


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    Title :

    Pressure-sensitive paint measurements on a supersonic high-sweep oblique wing model


    Contributors:
    McLachlan, B. G. (author) / Bell, J. H. (author) / Park, H. (author) / Kennelly, R. A. (author) / Schreiner, J. A. (author) / Smith, S. C. (author) / Strong, J. M. (author) / Gallery, J. (author) / Gouterman, M. (author)

    Conference:

    AIAA 10th Applied Aerodynamics Conference ; 1992 ; Palo Alto, CA, United States


    Publication date :

    1995-01-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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