The first tests conducted in the adaptive-wall test section of the Ames Research Center's 2- by 2-Foot Transonic Wind Tunnel are described. A procedure was demonstrated for reducing wall interference in transonic flow past a two-dimensional airfoil by actively controlling flow through the slotted walls of the test section. Flow through the walls was controlled by adjusting pressures in compartments of plenums above and below the test section. Wall interference was assessed by measuring (with a laser velocimeter) velocity distributions along a contour surrounding the model, and then checking those measurements for their compatibility with free-air far-field boundary conditions. Plenum pressures for minimum wall interference were determined from empirical influence coefficients. An NACA 0012 airfoil was tested at angles of attack of 0 and 2, and at Mach numbers between 0.70 and 0.85. In all cases the wall-setting procedure greatly reduced wall interference. Wall interference, however, was never completely eliminated, primarily because the effect of plenum pressure changes on the velocities along the contour could not be accurately predicted.


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    Titel :

    Two-dimensional adaptive-wall tests in the NASA Ames two- by two-foot transonic wind tunnel


    Beteiligte:
    Schairer, Edward T. (Autor:in) / Lee, George (Autor:in) / Mcdevitt, T. K. (Autor:in)

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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.11.1991



    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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