Hot-wire surveys in the vortex wake downstream of a three-percent fighter aircraft model at high angles of attack
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Authors
Frink, William D., Jr.
Subjects
High Angle-of-Attack Aerodynamics
Hot-Wire Measurements
Wind Tunnel Studies
Hot-Wire Measurements
Wind Tunnel Studies
Advisors
Hebbar, Sheshagiri K.
Platzer, Max F.
Date of Issue
1990-12
Date
December 1990
Publisher
Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
A low-speed wind tunnel investigation was conducted to examine the vortex wake downstream of a three-percent scale model of the YF-17 lightweight fighter prototype at high angles of attack. The study was in support of NASA ames Research Center's wind tunnel investigation of a full scale FA-18 as part of NASA's High Alpha Technology Program. Smoke flow visualization was used to locate the downstream vortex wake. Hot-wire surveys were taken through the vortex at two stations; one directly aft of the model and the other at a station three model lengths downstream of the model. The effect of adding a fence to the leading edge extension (LEX) was studied. Power spectra from the hot-wire were recorded for the survey station directly aft of the model. Results show that: peak turbulent fluctuation at this station occurred at 25 deg angle of attack; lateral turbulent fluctuation greatly diminished at the far downstream station; and the addition of the LEX fence shifted energy content of turbulence toward higher frequencies.
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Thesis
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Department
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Format
vi, 58 p. ill.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.