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Integrating CFD and Experiment in Aerodynamics - CFD4Aircraft

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Heat flux measurements. Over the past 20 years,<br />

quantitative <strong>in</strong>frared thermography has experienced a<br />

strong development <strong>in</strong> a large number of<br />

laboratories 16-18 . As it is well known, a body emits a<br />

radiative signal whose <strong>in</strong>tensity is a strong function of<br />

its temperature. In <strong>in</strong>frared thermography, the model<br />

is observed by an <strong>in</strong>frared camera conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g a<br />

detector element sensitive to <strong>in</strong>frared radiations at a<br />

certa<strong>in</strong> wave-length. By process<strong>in</strong>g a series of<br />

pictures taken at known time <strong>in</strong>tervals, it is possible to<br />

construct the time history of the model temperature<br />

<strong>and</strong> to deduce the surface heat flux distribution by<br />

means of the heat equation. The example of <strong>in</strong>frared<br />

image (<strong>in</strong> false colour) <strong>in</strong> Fig. 9 shows the heat flux<br />

distribution on a hemisphere <strong>in</strong> a Mach 5 flow.<br />

Infrared pictures also provide a convenient way to<br />

detect lam<strong>in</strong>ar-turbulent transition.<br />

Fig. 7: PSP measurements on a plug nozzle<br />

central body<br />

t = 0 m n<br />

2 m n<br />

4 m n<br />

Fig. 9: Infrared measurements of the heat flux<br />

distribution over an hemisphere <strong>in</strong> a Mach 5<br />

flow.<br />

Field measurements<br />

6 m n<br />

Measurement of field quantities such as velocity,<br />

temperature, density, gas species concentration,etc is<br />

a difficult task. However, the advent of laser sources<br />

<strong>in</strong> the early 60s has given a dramatic impetus to the<br />

development of non <strong>in</strong>trusive methods allow<strong>in</strong>g an <strong>in</strong>situ<br />

determ<strong>in</strong>ation of the properties of a gas, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />

its velocity<br />

Laser Doppler Velocimetry<br />

Fig. 8 : Sk<strong>in</strong> friction measurement by the th<strong>in</strong> oil<br />

film technique<br />

The basic idea underly<strong>in</strong>g LDV, which is now a well<br />

known technique, is to measure the velocity of t<strong>in</strong>y<br />

particles transported by the flow 19-21 . If these particles<br />

are small enough, their velocity is assumed to be that<br />

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