Condensate Accretion in Shock Tube's Expansion FanIt has been shown that turbulence and temperature influence the droplet sizes in expansion fan induced condensation by studying the Rayleigh scattering from one port in our shock tube's test section. We have modified our set-up so as to allow, using two ports, the real time measurement of the influence of turbulence and temperature on the rate at which these droplets grow. To do this, we looked at the Rayleigh scattering from two different ports for ten Reynolds numbers at five different temperatures. We modeled the time of flight of droplets, using the equations of one-dimensional gas dynamics and the measured shock wave speed in shock tube's driven section.
Document ID
19970028728
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Mezonlin, Ephrem-Denis (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical Univ. Tallahassee, FL United States)
DeSilva, Upul P. (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical Univ. Tallahassee, FL United States)
Hunte, F. (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical Univ. Tallahassee, FL United States)
Johnson, Joseph A., III (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical Univ. Tallahassee, FL United States)
Date Acquired
August 17, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1997
Publication Information
Publication: The First National Student Conference: NASA University Research Centers at Minority Institutions