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Boundary Layer Measurement on HIAPER's Fuselage: Progress & Results

This project aims to measure air speed at specific locations on the fuselage to optimize air sampling by avoiding contamination or skin interactions. It involves designing a pressure rake, acquiring hardware, and developing data logging software. Results include profiles of dynamic pressure near the aircraft skin. The study utilized Bernoulli's equation and logarithmic velocity profiles. Further collaboration includes studies on acoustics, cabin noise, CFD flow modeling, and comparing data. For more information, visit the project's webpage.

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Boundary Layer Measurement on HIAPER's Fuselage: Progress & Results

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  1. Measuring the flow boundary layer on HIAPER's fuselageRogers, Fox, Lord, Stith, Maclean, EOL technical staff, Friehe, McClusky • goal: • measure air speed at aperture pad locations where air sample inlets and other equipment can be mounted • motivation: • inlets must sample air outside the BL to avoid contamination or interactions with aircraft skin • estimate thickness of flow boundary layer • adjust inlet suction rates to optimize air sampling • tasks • design & build a pressure rake • acquire other hardware • develop software to log data • Progressive Science:13 flights, Dec 1-22, 2005 • results: measured profiles of dynamic pressure within 30 cm of the aircraft skin at four aperture pads June 2006

  2. aperture pad locations

  3. rake & HIMIL locationschedule

  4. aperture pads on G-5 related measurements

  5. true air speed ~ (Δp)1/2 • Bernoulli’s equation: p = p0 + ½ x density x velocity2 • RAF Bulletin No. 23, Measurement Techniques: Air Motion Sensing, http://www.atd.ucar.edu/raf/Bulletins/bulletin23.html

  6. velocity profile • law of the wall logarithmic velocity profile within inertial sublayer U / u* = (1/к) ln y+ + const where u* = friction velocity, y+ = scale height к = von Karmen’s constant

  7. pressure rake & scanner ∆p = 16 channels ethernet 50 Hz

  8. rake mounted on belly

  9. flight test maneuvers • speeds & altitudes • normal operating range

  10. dynamic pressure profiles- speed runs - • “boundary layer depth” • distance from skin where speed = 99% of local asymptotic velocity, (or 98% of asymptotic dynamic pressure) • not necessarily the “freestream” value, which is further away from the aircraft.

  11. dynamic pressure profiles- different aperture pad locations -

  12. pitch, side-slip & speed run maneuvers- rake at belly 250-R -

  13. BL depth

  14. pitch & side-slip maneuvers- rake at belly 250-R -

  15. zoom-in

  16. profiles during pitch maneuvers

  17. profiles during side-slip

  18. BL DEPTH - measured vs GAC study

  19. next • Univ. California Irvine studies (Friehe, McClusky) • GAC interest in collaborative study of G-V fuselage BL • acoustics, cabin noise • CFD flow modeling & compare vs rake data • ProgSci project web site • http://www.atd.ucar.edu/raf/Projects/ProgSci/ • more about pressure rake • http://www.atd.ucar.edu/~dcrogers/ProgSci/PressureRake/

  20. speed & AOA- envelope of flight conditions - color = flight i.d. dot = 1 sec of flight

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