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On the use of filtered Rayleigh scattering for measurements in compressible flows and thermal fields

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This work describes applications of filtered Rayleigh scattering to measure thermodynamic properties in compressible unseeded flows and thermal fields. Methodologies for measuring single and multiple properties in four flows are demonstrated including methods to calibrate the system parameters. Temperature, pressure, and velocity were measured simultaneously in a free jet and a laser-induced energy deposition experiment. Additionally, single-property temperature measurements were acquired in the energy deposition and a natural convection experiment. Modifications to the technique are discussed to simplify calibration and avoid double-valued solutions when performing temperature measurements. The uncertainty of the technique is also discussed and evaluated.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the NSF with Dr. Michael Plesniak supporting our research and development efforts of molecular-filtered diagnostic techniques (Grant CTS 97-33388). Also, the authors would like to acknowledge AFOSR (Grant F49620-01-1-0368) with Dr. John Schmisseur supporting the investigations of laser energy deposition and the NSF (Grant CTS 0121058) with Drs. Frederica Darema and Michael Plesniak supporting the heat transfer investigations conducted as part of our study of data-driven design optimization. We would also like to thank Drs. Doyle Knight, Yogish Jaluria, Campbell Carter, and Hong Yan for their help in interpreting these results. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF or AFOSR.

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Boguszko, M., Elliott, G.S. On the use of filtered Rayleigh scattering for measurements in compressible flows and thermal fields. Exp Fluids 38, 33–49 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-004-0881-4

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