Experimental Characterization Of Turbulent Flow Around Cylinder Arrays by Adam D Harder, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

This research was done as part of an effort to develop alternative fire suppressant technologies for aircraft engine nacelles. A circular cylinder array was designed, built, and placed in the AFIT roll-around low speed wind tunnel to model generic clutter inside an engine nacelle. A turbulence grid was fabricated to enable measurements of the effects of turbulence level, independent of airspeed, on the flow over different model configurations. The wind tunnel test section was 12 inches wide x 12 inches high x 24 inches long. Pressure differential measurements were taken on various cylinder configurations. The configurations included one cylinder as well as one, two, and three arrays of cylinders. Half diameter spacing was used for two and three cylinder cases, as well as an additional case at a two-diameter spacing with the three array configuration. | Experimental Characterization Of Turbulent Flow Around Cylinder Arrays by Adam D Harder, Paperback | Indigo Chapters