Date of Award

3-2022

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

First Advisor

Mark F. Reeder, PhD

Abstract

Boundary layer measurements took place at Air Force Research Lab’s (AFRL) Mach-6 Ludwieg tube hypersonic wind tunnel on a 7-degree half angle spherically blunted nose cone with a 1.5 mm radius to study the effects of a cooled surface on the transition process. Experiments compared uncooled and cooled flow conditions on the blunt-nosed model, and then compared to past data for a sharp-tipped cone of similar geometry. Cooling the surface delayed the onset of transition on the blunt nose model. Combining the effects of nose blunting and cooling further increased transition delay than each acting individually compared to the sharp-tipped case. This outcome provides much needed data in an area of study with inconclusive results.

AFIT Designator

AFIT-ENY-MS-22-M-307

DTIC Accession Number

AD1175627

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