Turnable CO 2 laser measurements of composition and concentrations in multicomponent wake behind supersonic civil aircraft

Abstract

The paper describes experimental and theoretical investigations on tunable CO2-laser-assisted measurements of the composition and concentrations in multicomponent wake behind supersonic civil aircraft. An experimental facility based on a tunable CO2 laser and multipass cell is presented and results of experiments on determination of substances typical for civil aircraft wake (carbon and nitrogen oxides, ozone, water vapor, etc.) are given. The conditions characteristic of the aircraft wake are simulated. A possibility to perform real-time measurements of substances in question at a level of 80 ppb (80 billion-1) is demonstrated. Calculative models were created and results of generation and evolution of substances in question in a turbulent twisted flow are reported. A mathematical model and program code were validated for numerical simulations of two-phase turbulent flow in a single trailing vortex in initial stage of contrail generation behind supersonic aircraft. The work was carried out under the project #1477 supported financially by the International Scientific-Research Center, Moscow.© (2005) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.