Abstract
We report on near-body measurements of temperature and nitric oxide (NO) concentration in the hypersonic flows around a cylindrical test article in the Caltech T5 reflected shock tunnel. Flow measurements were made at 50 kHz using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy, deploying six lasers to probe an array of quantum state-specific transitions. Laser beams were positioned both in the freestream and behind the bow shock at specific locations deemed pertinent to computational fluid dynamics comparison and kinetic model evaluation. The fractions of laser beam pathlengths behind the shock in different spatial regions were also discerned, thus providing a measurement of shock location. This study consists of six total experiments (“shots”) across two Mach ∼5 conditions, characterized by total enthalpies of 8 and 16 MJ/kg and freestream velocities of 3.5 and 5 km/s, respectively. Freestream measurements generally concur with prior works in the T5, but with some non-trivial differences. Shock-layer measurements span from 2000 to 6000 K and feature noteworthy and expected variety among different zones within the post-shock region. Thermal equilibrium is generally held throughout the flowfield, but chemical nonequilibrium is commonly observed. NO is the primary spectroscopic target, but measurements of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, water, and atomic oxygen provide supplementary insights.
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