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A visual study is performed in a supersonic, two-dimensional wake; the high value of the Reynolds number ensures that the wake is turbulent from the trailing edge. The flow is seeded by fluid vaporization in one boundary layer upstream of the trailing edge; a light sheet is generated by a Q-switched, high energy ruby laser. The set of photographs taken from the trailing edge up to the far wake is then processed after digitization of the pictures. A progressive contamination of the lower part of the wake by the fluid initially present in the upper part can be observed. In the far wake region, well organized large scale structures can be visualized. Statistics are performed and the results are compared with previous hot-wire measurements and discussed in terms of downstream wake behaviour.
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Bonnet, J.P., Chaput, E. Large-scale structures visualization in a high Reynolds number, turbulent flat-plate wake at supersonic speed. Experiments in Fluids 4, 350–356 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00266302
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00266302