The application of oil film interferometry (OFI) for the measurement of global skin friction on the surface beneath a complex three-dimensional supersonic flow is explored in this study. The flowfield is produced by a fin-generated oblique shock interacting with a compressible turbulent boundary layer. Measurements were obtained by modifying a comprehensive acquisition and processing software, previously developed for two-dimensional, low-speed flows, to measure skin friction distributions underneath such flows. This approach required the local flow direction on the surface, and therefore traditional oil flow visualization was coupled with OFI measurements. A cross-correlation-based algorithm was incorporated to extract flow direction from sequences of oil flow visualization images. Photogrammetry was used with both surface oil flow and OFI to ensure proper spatial overlap for the two measurements. Results from this study demonstrate the capability of the approach in a complex, supersonic flow field that contains regions of both separation and reattachment concomitant with a wide range of skin friction values. The skin friction results show excellent homogeneity, standard deviation of 5.1% of the mean, in the undisturbed boundary layer upstream of the interaction and capture well-resolved high shear gradients in the interaction region. A comparison to legacy data from a similar interaction shows matching trends within the developed flow.


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    Title :

    Skin Friction Measurements Using Oil Film Interferometry in a 3-D Supersonic Flowfield


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 57 , 4 ; 1373-1382


    Publication date :

    2019-04-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper , Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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