Deduction of temperature fluctuations in transient compression wind tunnels using incompressible turbulent flow data
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Paper/Presentation Title | Deduction of temperature fluctuations in transient compression wind tunnels using incompressible turbulent flow data |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Widodo, A. (Author) and Buttsworth, D. R. (Author) |
Editors | Abidin, Izham Bin Datuk Zainal |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Energy and Environment (ICEE 2009) |
ERA Conference ID | 50682 |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2009 |
Place of Publication | Selangor, Malaysia |
ISBN | 9781424451456 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEENVIRON.2009.5398678 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://icee2009.uniten.edu.my/conference/index.php/ICEE/ICEE2009 |
Conference/Event | 3rd International Conference on Energy and Environment (ICEE 2009): Advancement Towards Global Sustainability |
International Conference on Energy & Environment | |
Event Details | 3rd International Conference on Energy and Environment (ICEE 2009): Advancement Towards Global Sustainability Event Date 07 to end of 08 Dec 2009 Event Location Malacca, Malaysia |
Event Details | International Conference on Energy & Environment EE |
Abstract | Wind tunnels and other aero-thermal experimental facilities are likely to make a contribution to the optimisation of energy and propulsion systems for the foreseeable future. Short duration wind tunnels such as shock tunnels and gun tunnels rely on a transient compression rocess and are likely to generate significant turbulent fluctuations in the nozzle reservoir region. In the present study, the magnitude of likely stagnation temperature fluctuations in two such facilities is inferred from incompressible temperature fluctuations data obtained by other workers. The friction velocity Reynolds numbers for the gun tunnel and shock tunnel cases considered presently were ReT= 31,579 and 24,975 respectively. The RMS stagnation temperature fluctuations, when averaged over the pipe flow diameter, are estimated to be 15.3 and 291 K for the gun tunnel and shock tunnel cases respectively. The estimated RMS value in the case of the gun tunnel is significantly larger than the experimental value previously measured on the centre line of the gun tunnel nozzle of 2.3 K. The difference observed between the inferred and measured temperature fluctuations in the gun tunnel case may be related to spatial variations in the temperature fluctuations. In the case of the shock tunnel, the magnitude of the fluctuations is demonstrated to be significant for supersonic combustion experiments. The present approach for estimating the magnitude temperature fluctuations should be refined, but more detailed measurements of temperature fluctuations in such facilities are also required. |
Keywords | temperature fluctuations; aerodynamic facilities; combustion; gun tunnel; shock tunnel |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401703. Energy generation, conversion and storage (excl. chemical and electrical) |
401706. Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation | |
401204. Computational methods in fluid flow, heat and mass transfer (incl. computational fluid dynamics) | |
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Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Engineering and Surveying |
Computational Engineering and Science Research Centre |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9z7xy/deduction-of-temperature-fluctuations-in-transient-compression-wind-tunnels-using-incompressible-turbulent-flow-data
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