title: MHz-rate nitric oxide planar laser-induced fluorescence imaging in a Mach 10 hypersonic wind tunnel.
abstract: Nitric oxide planar laser-induced fluorescence (NO PLIF) imaging at repetition rates as high as 1 MHz is demonstrated in the NASA Langley 31 in. Mach 10 hypersonic wind tunnel. Approximately 200 time-correlated image sequences of between 10 and 20 individual frames were obtained over eight days of wind tunnel testing spanning two entries in March and September of 2009. The image sequences presented were obtained from the boundary layer of a 20° flat plate model, in which transition was induced using a variety of different shaped protuberances, including a cylinder and a triangle. The high-speed image sequences captured a variety of laminar and transitional flow phenomena, ranging from mostly laminar flow, typically at a lower Reynolds number and/or in the near wall region of the model, to highly transitional flow in which the temporal evolution and progression of characteristic streak instabilities and/or corkscrew-shaped vortices could be clearly identified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43201, USA.
authors.forename: Naibo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Webster
authors.forename: Walter R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Lempert
authors.forename: Joseph D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Terrence R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Christopher B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Ivey
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Danehy