Instrumentation

 


Advanced diagnostics is at the heart of the TAMUNA Laboratory. A brief listing of the available instrumentation is given below followed by a few example graphics from our laboratory.

Laser Diagnostics

*        Velocimetry

*         Stereo Particle Image Velocimetry

*          Detailed planar velocimetry measurements

*         Filter Rayleigh/Planar Doppler Velocimetry

*        Thermal/Chemical Measurements

*         Two-line NO-Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence

*          Rotational (translational) temperature

*          Vibrational temperature

*          Mass fraction

*         Acetone PLIF

*         Raman/Emission Spectroscopy

Conventional Diagnostics

*        Multiple Overheat Hot-Wire Anemometry

*         Temporally resolved mass flux and total temperature fields

*        Pressure/Temperature Sensitive Paint

*        Pressure/Shear Sensitive Films

*        Schlieren/shadowgraph photography

*        Conventional pressure and temperature

 

   

Particle image velocimetry data (spatial resolution: 0.25 mm x 0.25 mm) acquired on a NACA 0012 wing undergoing dynamic stall (7 Hz)

 

                

Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence of NO (under-expanded jet) and Emission spectroscopy of N2 (B-State) in CCRF Plasma

 

Example schlieren, pressure sensitive paint and particle image velocimetry data in a supersonic rough wall boundary layer flow