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MINISTRY OF AtiATlON
CURRENT PAPERS
BY
1967
March, 1966
SUMMARY
A shielded thermocouple, total temperature probe has been developed
capable of measuring mainstream and boundary-layer maximum temperatures and
temperature- timehistories in a hypersonic gun tunnel. Experiments have
indicated that temperatures up to a maximum value of 1500K may be measured
with high aoouracy. The probe may in principle be miniaturised for
boundary-layer measurements so that the outslde diameter al. the inlet is less
than l/32 in. Response times better than 10 milliseconds have been achieved.
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Fig.1 Prototype probe design
1. Introduction
w of the available hypersonic wind tunnel facilities (e.g. shock
tunnels and gun tunnels) have very short running times which makes measurement
of the flow total. temperature difficult. The authors know of no dependable,
easily applied, method by which this quantity msy be measured accurately at a
given point tithin the flow mainstfeam or bo+.sry layer of a tunnel or model
respectively. Although this report describes the application-of this probe
to a gun tunnel facility it would appear possible that it may be used in
oertain shock tunnel experiments.
These tunnel facilities have running times varying from the order of
milliseconds to seconds depending upon the conditions required and the tunnel
design. Stagnation temperatures in these facilities range from 800K upwards.
2. Survey of Existing Methoas of Temperature Measurement
Many approaches have been made towards the measurement of mainstream
temperature in the gun tunnel. These are summarised below:
(a) Stagnation temperature at the start of the run can be determined,
reasonably accurately, from the analysis of the measured stagnation pressure
development due to the shock reflection process. East (Ref.13) has used '
this method to estimate the stagnation temperature. The temperature
must be corrected for boundsry layer and heat,loss effects in the gun barrel
as developed by Edney (%f.li). It is not possible to determine the time
variation of temperature over the tunnel run by this method.
(b) The speed of the piston, during the steady run@ng period of the
tunnel, is determinedby microwave tracking (Ref.Z5) and this speed is
related to mass flow through the nozzle and hence to stagnation temperature.
The piston speed cannot be determined to a sufficient acouraoy such that the
temperature variation with time can be measured.
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The heat transfer rates were related to stagnddon temperature. The scatter
of results is high (confirmed in the case ofplatinum thin film gauges by
East and PerIy (Ref.2) and the importance and difficulties of accurate
gauge calibration are obvious. Temperature-time histories can be obtained .
during's single tunnel run (Ref.2).
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!Che heat shield was constructed from a single bore tube of aluminium
oxide+. Probe vent holes were contained in the stainless steel heat shield
support.
shield/
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Jt- Results
(I) The indicated temperature fall. with time was very small compared
tith the amount indicated by Merritt (Ref.7).
(2) Rise time of the probe was about 10 milliseconds from first shock
reflection.
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*Aluminium oxide V.T. Cat. No. 51020 supplied by Bush Beach and
Segner Bayley Limited.
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run, have been very repeatable. Hence a cycle of six runs were planned at
as close as possible to similar conditions. The temperatures indicated were
within It: 3% of the mean.
6. Conclusions
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ag,. I - PROTOTYPE PROBE DESIGN
VENT
HEAT SHIELD -
ALUMINIUM OXIDE
THERMOCOUPLE
LEADS TO C.R.O.
OUTER ALUMINIUM
OXIDE COVER SUPPORT
CARBON ELECTRODE
POWER SOURCE
THERMOCOUPLE LEADS
k TO POWER SOURCE
rig. 34NFLUENCE OF SHIELD TEMP.
N PROBE INDICATED TFMP.
DW44AGM PRESSURE
- 60
PROBE VENT TO INLET
AREA RATIO-APPFIDX. 20%
INDICATED TEMPERATURE
DURING TUNNEL OPERATION
ZERO SETTING
MIFI D-TEMPERATURE
INDICATED TEMPERATURE
DURING TUNNEL OPERATION
ZERO SfTTING
SHIELD TEMPERATURE
INDICATED TEMPERATURE
DURING TUNNEL OPERATION
ZERO SETTING
fig4-EFFECT OF ENLARGING THE
PROBE VENTS
DIAPHRAGM PRESSURE
RATIO - 60
SHIELD TEMPERATURE
INDICATED TEMPERATURE
DURING TUNNEL OPERATION
ZERO SETTING
TIME BASE- 02 SEC /CM
TEMP INDICATION -
005 v. /CM.
SHIELD TEMPERATURE
INDICATED TEMPERATURf
DURING TUNNEL OPERATION
ZERO SETTING
SHIELD TEMPTRATURE
INDICATED TEMPERATURE
DURING TUNNEL OPERATION
ZERO SETTING
-fig. 5 - TEMPERATURE ANALYSIS
FOR DIAPHRAGM PRESSURE RATIO OF 60
8001
II00 1200
SHIELD ZZPERATURE- K
AREA ?TlME FROM
DIAPHRAGM BURST
d SEC. SYMBOL
/: 4
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I .02 l
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T;:E FROM DlAPHRt%M BRt: - MILL&.
-fig.7- TEMPERATURE ANALWS
FOR DIAPHRAGM PRESSURE RATIO - 30
PROBE INLET TO VENT AREA RATIO - xv
TIME FROM DIAPHRAGM BURST
.02 .03 94 .os
800
7OOp
RE -K
0
Tl& FRO: DIAPHRi:M BUR% MILLI&.
-fig. 8.-TEMPERATURE ANALYSIS
FOR DIAPHRAGM PRESSURE RATIO - 100,
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