Current Projects

High Temperature Supersonic Jet Facility

The High Temperature Supersonic Jet Facility is the newest addition to the Fluid Mechanics Research Laboratory. The Facility is capable of generating jet flows up to a maximum Mach number of about 2.5 at stagnation temperatures up to 1500 K and it can accommodate nozzles having an exit diameter of about 80 mm. At the maximum run conditions, the jet can be run continuously for about 15 minutes. A more detailed description of the Facility can be found in the following paper:

· High Temperature Supersonic Jet Facility for Aeroacoustic Studies

The following instrumentation and techniques are available for use in the Facility:

· Ten (10) Bruel & Kjaer Model 4939 Condenser Microphones

· Stereoscopic Particle Image Velocimetry

· Laser Speckle Displacement

· FLIR Short-Wave Infrared Video Camera

· High Temperature Unsteady Pressure Probes (for measuring pressure fluctuations in the hydrodynamic field)