• DocumentCode
    2948880
  • Title

    Influence of wind tunnel circuit installations on test section flow quality

  • Author

    Otto, Horst

  • Author_Institution
    DLR Braunschweig, West Germany
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    18-21 Sep 1989
  • Firstpage
    410
  • Lastpage
    415
  • Abstract
    Investigations in the low-speed wind tunnel of the DLR at Braunschweig have shown that fairly strong flow disturbances which are produced by installations in the tunnel circuit upstream of the settling chamber do not penetrate into the test section, whereas thin soldered seams in the settling chamber screens cause a deficit in total pressure and an increase in turbulence in the test section flow. The effect is strongest for seams in the last screen and decreases for seams in screens which are installed upstream of the last one. The disturbances are amplified if seams are located one behind the other
  • Keywords
    flow instability; flow measurement; wind tunnels; circuit upstream; flow disturbances; flow measurement; flow quality; instability; settling chamber; thin soldered seams; turbulence; wind tunnel circuit installations; Blades; Circuit testing; Fluctuations; Fluid flow measurement; Mechanical variables measurement; Pressure measurement; Yarn;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Instrumentation in Aerospace Simulation Facilities, 1989. ICIASF '89 Record., International Congress on
  • Conference_Location
    Gottingen
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIASF.1989.77695
  • Filename
    77695