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VISUALIZATION OF LOW-DENSITY FLOWS BY MEANS OF OXYGEN ABSORPTION OF ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4331866
S>A vacuum spectrograph-monochromator-camera with a 1470 A radiation source was adapted for installation in the low pressure wind tunnel. Shock wave photographs were taken of several flow configurations. The shock waves were those formed by flow over a sphere, a cone, wedges, and a cylinder with axis aligned parallel to the direction of the flow. All photographs were taken at a free stream Mach number of approximately 3.9, with a unlform jet area approximately two in. in diameter at the nozzle exit plane, and a tunnel test chamber static pressure of approximately 114 mu Hg. The photographs obtained were studied by means of a microphotometer. An analytical method of determining stream density, from the absorption of radiation in an axially-symmetric flow, is discussed. A sample density calculation is presented. (auth)
Research Organization:
California. Univ., Berkeley. Inst. of Engineering Research
NSA Number:
NSA-12-000361
OSTI ID:
4331866
Report Number(s):
HE-150-130
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English