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