Theses and Dissertations
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
Recommended Citation
Mfaddel, Salma, "Analysis of open test section flow in a closed return wind tunnel" (2019). Theses and Dissertations. 651.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/651