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Hot-wire calibration in subsonic/transonic flow regimes
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Nagabushana, K. A. Ash, Robert L. |
| Copyright Year | 1995 |
| Description | A different approach for calibrating hot-wires, which simplifies the calibration procedure and reduces the tunnel run-time by an order of magnitude was sought. In general, it is accepted that the directly measurable quantities in any flow are velocity, density, and total temperature. Very few facilities have the capability of varying the total temperature over an adequate range. However, if the overheat temperature parameter, a(sub w), is used to calibrate the hot-wire then the directly measurable quantity, voltage, will be a function of the flow variables and the overheat parameter i.e., E = f(u,p,a(sub w), T(sub w)) where a(sub w) will contain the needed total temperature information. In this report, various methods of evaluating sensitivities with different dependent and independent variables to calibrate a 3-Wire hot-wire probe using a constant temperature anemometer (CTA) in subsonic/transonic flow regimes is presented. The advantage of using a(sub w) as the independent variable instead of total temperature, t(sub o), or overheat temperature parameter, tau, is that while running a calibration test it is not necessary to know the recovery factor, the coefficients in a wire resistance to temperature relationship for a given probe. It was deduced that the method employing the relationship E = f (u,p,a(sub w)) should result in the most accurate calibration of hot wire probes. Any other method would require additional measurements. Also this method will allow calibration and determination of accurate temperature fluctuation information even in atmospheric wind tunnels where there is no ability to obtain any temperature sensitivity information at present. This technique greatly simplifies the calibration process for hot-wires, provides the required calibration information needed in obtaining temperature fluctuations, and reduces both the tunnel run-time and the test matrix required to calibrate hotwires. Some of the results using the above techniques are presented in an appendix. |
| File Size | 8790740 |
| Page Count | 101 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19950019279 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t29935c3t |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1995-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Electric Potential Atmospheric Circulation Transonic Flow Temperature Effects Calibrating Subsonic Flow Hot-wire Anemometers Wind Tunnel Tests Mach Number Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
