Theses and Dissertations

Author

Salma Mfaddel

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Belk, Davy M.

Committee Member

Sescu, Adrian

Committee Member

Wolz, Rob

Date of Degree

12-13-2019

Original embargo terms

Visible to MSU only for 3 Years

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Aerospace Engineering

Degree Name

Master of Science

Degree Name

Master of Science (M.S.)

College

James Worth Bagley College of Engineering

College

James Worth Bagley College of Engineering

Department

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Department

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Abstract

Mississippi State University has a subsonic closed return wind tunnel facility with an open test section configuration. This research analyzes the test section flow quality using a numerical approach and explain how the diffuser's collector suppresses unsteadiness. Previous experiment assessed the flow quality at the wind tunnel without the collector, and velocity was measured using a pitot-static probe and hot wire. The results show a numerical comparison between the two configurations, with and without the collector, understand the effect of the diffuser 's collector on steadiness and uniformity. This paper will describe the wind tunnel facility and give further details about the measurements tools and the set up, and then introduce the numerical method used and analyze the cases of study and their results.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/16452

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