Modal analysis of pressure fields on and around turrets with different protrusions

Abstract

Wind tunnel experiments were conducted to measure the unsteady surface pressure field of a hemisphere-oncylinder turret in subsonic flow. These measurements were obtained using pressure transducers coupled with fast response pressure sensitive paint. The surface pressure field data resulting from Mach 0.5 flow (Re D ≈ 2 × 10 6 ) over three different turret protrusion distances were analyzed. Previously, dominant surface pressure modes on the turret were found using proper orthogonal decomposition. The results of which showed that greater turret protrusion into the freestream flow increased the prevalence of spanwise anti-symmetric surface pressure field fluctuations. These anti-symmetric pressure fluctuations are caused by anti-symmetrical vortex shedding. However, when a partially submerged hemispherical turret geometry is used, it was shown that this anti-symmetric mode was of much lower relative energy. This suggests that there is a transition in flow field phenomena as protrusion is changed from partially submerged to a full hemisphere configuration. Further investigation into this so-called "mode switching" is the emphasis of the work presented here. This research heavily relied on modal analysis to identify correlations between turret and wake surface pressure fields. The fluctuations in the surface pressure field around the partial hemisphere were found to be mostly dominated by the wake with little influence from fluidic structures on the turret itself. For the hemisphere and hemisphere-oncylinder configurations, both symmetric and anti-symmetric unsteady separation grew to be the largest influence and was coupled with the wake fluctuations.

Aero-optical effects, part II. Sources of aberrations: tutorial

“…With this in mind, researcher conducted wind-tunnel testing to explore the unsteady pressure field imposed onto a hemisphere-on-cylinder beam director for different freestream Mach number conditions [91][92][93][94]. They accomplished this work by applying pressure sensitive paint (PSP) to a turret shell and collecting faux three-dimensional images of the painted turret.…”

Aero-optical effects, part II. Sources of aberrations: tutorial

“…With this in mind, researcher conducted wind-tunnel testing to explore the unsteady pressure field imposed onto a hemisphere-on-cylinder beam director for different freestream Mach number conditions [91][92][93][94]. They accomplished this work by applying pressure sensitive paint (PSP) to a turret shell and collecting faux three-dimensional images of the painted turret.…”

Experimental and computational investigation of Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor measurements through a free shear layer

“…The protrusion of the turret into the freestream flow creates a complicated turbulence environment, which can degrade the performance of these optical systems. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] The optical-turbulence environment, which is caused by aerodynamic turbulence, is colloquially referred to as aero optics. [11][12][13] Laser beam propagation through shear layers has been one aero-optical environment of particular interest.…”

“…The protrusion of the turret into the freestream flow creates a complicated turbulence environment, which can degrade the performance of these optical systems 1 – 10 The optical-turbulence environment, which is caused by aerodynamic turbulence, is colloquially referred to as aero optics 11 – 13 …”