Abstract
Characteristics of test flow produced by the hypersonic rarefied wind tunnel in JAXA are investigated experimentally and numerically. To probe the test flow, a stainless sphere model with a diameter of 5mm is put into the test flow. Its displacement due to the aerodynamic force is measured under the several operating conditions of the wind tunnel. A spatial variation of total pressure of the test flow is also measured by using a pitot pressure tube. The flowfield in the test section of wind tunnel is also analyzed by using the direct simulation Monte Carlo technique. The flow properties are deduced from the comparison between the measurement and the calculation. It is found from the study that the freestream Mach number of 16 and Knudsen number of 0.2 are achieved for the mass flow rate of 0.08g/s and the total temperature of 750K. The core flow diameter is estimated to be approximately 30mm.
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