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Velocity slip of gas mixtures in free jet expansions

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OSTI ID:7311634

Velocity slip in gas mixtures of argon and helium in axisymmetric free jet expansions has been measured using a grating monochromator together with a computer-controlled Fabry-Perot interferometer to observe the fluorescence excited by an electron beam. The Doppler shift between the fluorescence observed parallel and perpendicular to the centerline of the free jet was used to measure the mean velocity of a particular species along the jet centerline, employing the 4880 A line for argon and the 5016 A line for helium. By alternately tracking the parallel and perpendicular fluorescence, the Doppler shift due to the mean velocity was measured directly with an accuracy of 1 percent. Flow field surveys have been made in the initial acceleration region where the flow becomes hypersonic and in the far field region. The differences between argon and helium mean velocities (velocity slip) are in good agreement with molecular beam data and show a correlation with an inverse Knudsen number.

Research Organization:
Sandia Labs., Livermore, CA (USA); California Univ., Los Angeles (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
E(29-1)-789
OSTI ID:
7311634
Report Number(s):
SAND-76-8616; CONF-760710-7
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English