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Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (2): 128627-128627.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2023.28627

• Fluid Mechanics and Flight Mechanics • Previous Articles    

Experiment of influence of distributed roughness elements on hypersonic boundary layer instability

Xueliang LI1, Chuangchuang LI1, Wei SU2, Jie WU1()   

  1. 1.School of Aerospace Engineering,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan 430074,China
    2.Beijing Institute of Space Long March Vehicle,Beijing 100076,China
  • Received:2023-02-28 Revised:2023-03-26 Accepted:2023-04-28 Online:2023-05-15 Published:2023-05-12
  • Contact: Jie WU E-mail:jiewu@hust.edu.cn

Abstract:

Hypersonic boundary layer transition is one of the key problems in aerodynamics. Macroscopic distributed roughness elements pattern will be produced due to surface high temperature ablation of thermal protection system on the flight vehicle, but its influence on the evolution mechanism of instability waves in the hypersonic boundary layer is not clear now. Based on the ∅0.5 m Mach number 6 Ludwieg tube wind tunnel of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, this paper explores the influence of location and width of distributed roughness elements on the evolution characteristics and transition position of hypersonic boundary layer instability waves of a 7° half-angle sharp cone model at zero angle of attack. PCB sensors and infrared thermography are used. The experimental results show that placing the distributed roughness elements in front of the synchronization point will promote the evolution of the second mode unstable wave; the closer the roughness element is to the leading edge, the smaller the influence of its width on the evolution of downstream instability waves. However, as its distribution position moves downstream, its effect on promoting transition is weakened, and its effect on inhibition of the nonlinear interaction of instability waves is more obvious, then the transition position moves backward.

Key words: hypersonic, distributed roughness elements, boundary layer transition, instability waves, wind tunnel experiment

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