Spatially resolved pressure fluctuations were measured on the ceiling of a rectangular cavity using pressure-sensitive paint for the frequency range of 100 to 5000 Hz. The measurements were acquired at Mach 0.7 and 1.5 for a clean cavity, and with four different flow control devices placed at the leading edge of the cavity. The high spatial resolution of the PSP data allowed the pressure waves to be visualized as they moved down the cavity. Timeresolved pressure data was analyzed to reveal frequency spectrum, identify Rossiter tones, and compute sound pressure levels in the cavity. The frequency and amplitude of the PSP data were in good agreement with conventional dynamic pressure sensors that were located along the length of the cavity centerline. Comparisons of the PSP spectral data with the pressure transducer spectral data indicate a noise floor for the PSP data of about 105-dB for the supersonic data. The high spatial resolution spectral maps indicated asymmetric structure in the higher order Rossiter tones with several of the flow control devices. Analysis of the data using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition revealed that the asymmetric structure was present, but very weak, in the baseline case. This suggests that the flow control devices were not creating the asymmetry, but enhancing an already present structure. This asymmetry was not evident in the subsonic data.
I.Nomenclature
CMOS= complementary metal-oxide semiconductor LED = light emitting diode POD = proper-orthogonal decomposition PSP = pressure-sensitive paint SPL = sound pressure level