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A surface flow visualization technique was developed that uses colored water as a medium to visualize surface flows over wind tunnel models at supersonic speeds. Wind tunnel tests were conducted with this technique used to visualize surface flows in a rectangular box cavity that was mounted in a flat plate at Mach numbers of 1.50 and 2.16. The results showed that this technique was effective in visualizing the surface flows in the cavity and has produced a unique set of data that has increased the understanding of complex unsteady three-dimensional cavity flow fields.
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Wilcox, F.J. (1992). Use of a Colored Water Surface Flow Visualization Technique in a Supersonic Wind Tunnel to Investigate Cavity Flow Fields. In: Tanida, Y., Miyashiro, H. (eds) Flow Visualization VI. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84824-7_4
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