Effect Of Concentrated Roughness On Transition
Transcription
Effect Of Concentrated Roughness On Transition
Effect Of Concentrated Roughness On Transition Location At Transonic Speed A. d’Argenio1 and F. D’Errico2, University of Naples, Federico II, Italy, 80100 A. Marino3, C. Izzo4 CIRA (Italian Aerospace Research Centre), Capua, Italy, 81043 and C.de Nicola5 University of Naples, Federico II, Italy, 80100 This paper describes the Design of Experiment to study the laminar-turbulence transition phenomenon induced by trips of different height at different axial positions on a 10° AEDC cone in Transonic-Supersonic regime. The huge numbers of factors (as bluntness, distributed roughness, Mach and Reynolds numbers, etc.), that affect the laminar-turbulent transition, makes this phenomenon very complex and expensive to study. The principal objective of this activity is evaluate the correlation between infrared thermography measurements and high frequency pressure measurements for transition analysis. Nomenclature CIRA AEDC TPS PT1 PSD γ σ λ Re Re* Rext ReT Ret Rek Rex 1 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Italian Aerospace Research Centre Arnold Engineering Development Centre Thermal Protection System Pilot Tunnel 1 Power Spectral Density Summit Angle Standard deviation Precision requirement for the response surface Reynolds number Logarithm of Reynolds number Reynolds number calculated using the transition abscissa as reference length Reynolds number calculated at the begin of the transition Reynolds number calculated at the end of the transition Reynolds number based on roughness height and local flow conditions at top of roughness Reynolds number based on length of x from leading edge to roughness station and on conditions Engineer, University of Naples Federico II, ale_dargenio86@libero.it. Engineer, University of Naples Federico II, francescaderrico@tin.it 3 Researcher/ Test Engineer, Transonic Testing Laboratory, CIRA, a.marino@cira.it. 4 Transonic Testing Laboratory head, CIRA, c.izzo@cira.it. 5 Prof of Aircraft Aerodynamic, University of Naples Federico II, denicola@unina.it 1 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 2 Rer xT xt xL xU M K K* η ηk = = = = = = = = = = outside boundary layer Reynolds number calculated using the nose radius as reference length Transition abscissa Trip position Equivalent distance referred to the lower point Reynolds number Equivalent distance referred to the upper point Reynolds number Mach number Roughness Height Non-dimensional roughness height Non-dimensional height in boundary layer based on distance above surface Non-dimensional height in boundary layer based on roughness height I. Introduction Transition phenomena are a critical issue which involve several aerothermodynamic fields such as thermal protection system (TPS) of re-entry vehicles. The spaceships returning on Earth (as Shuttle) are subjected to extremely high convective heat causing severely increase of wall surface temperature of the vehicle or as aerodynamic performance of a wing. For experimental activity in wind tunnels, the determination of the transition position is very important for numerical-experimental comparison. Generally to avoid any uncertainty about transition position, tip transition (generally with carborundum grain) are put on the model to force transition at the trip position. In literature, are present several method to evaluate the “critical height” of the trip transition inducing transition, but results are quite conservative. Moreover, knowledge of the minimum transition trip height inducing transition on a wind tunnel model is very important to reduce drag increase caused by friction resistance due to trip transition presence involving less accuracy in extrapolation from Wind Tunnel to flight. In general the most important factors which influence transition in transonic regime are Mach number, Reynolds number, geometry and Roughness. The effect on transition due to roughness is probably the most difficult to be controlled and to be recognized. In order to improve the understanding of the transition phenomena, a dedicated experimental activity was performed in the CIRA PT-1 Transonic tunnel at subsonic/transonic Mach number (0.35≤M≤1.1), on a 10° AEDC cone model equipped with 10 pressure taps, 12 Kulite high frequency pressure sensor and covered with a matt black low thermal conductivity coating for infrared thermal recording. Several transition trips of different roughness size and dimension was applied on the model in order to evaluate the trip effect on transition position.. The huge number of factors (as concentrated roughness size, transition trip position, Mach and Reynolds numbers), that affect the laminar-turbulent transition, makes this phenomena very complex and expensive to study. Finally the use of Kulite (high frequency pressure transducers) sensors and thermography technique allowed to evaluate the correlation between measurements carried out by infrared thermography and Kulite, for transition analysis. II. Aim of the Experiments In next years several experiments will be performed by CIRA on a cone in supersonic/hypersonic regime in order to improve the understanding of the transition mechanisms in hypersonic flow and, at the same time, to 2 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics improve the effectiveness of the existing transition prediction criteria taking into account the effects of the presence of distributed roughness and of the bluntness (Ref.[16]). Within this context, a special test activity has been developed in the CIRA PT-1 Wind Tunnel with two main purposes: the first was to develop experience, software and techniques for transition detection that will be used during the future test campaign, the second was to improve the understanding of the transition mechanism in transonic/supersonic flow considering the effects of concentrated roughness height and of trip position taking into account Reynolds and Mach number variation. Finally, the determination of the critical trip height inducing transition in the PT-1 wind tunnel was another important aim of the activity. I. Background A. Mach Number effect on laminar- turbulent transition position Mach number is certainly an important parameter on the transition position. Figure 1 (Ref.[8]) shows the Reynolds number estimated at the end of transition as a function of Mach number, on a 10° cone in the NTF (National Transonic Facility at NASA Langley). In the figure RT correspond to Rext before defined. Figure 1 shows that the Rext at which the transition occurs rises with Mach. In particular, it is possible to notice an initial constant trend followed by a rapid increase of transition Reynolds number. A critical Mach number (M=0.6) can be identified, where this trend change Figure 1: Estimated end of transition Reynolds number as a function of the Mach number on a 10°-cone in the NTF [8] happens. B. Reynolds number effects As can be seen in Figure 2 (Ref.[9]) the transitional Reynolds number on a 10° cone geometry decreases with the increasing of the Reynolds number, according to the physical phenomenon. It is also possible to see that there is no evidence of the dependence between the two parameters. In fact, despite of the great number of data present in literature, the relation between this two variable is not clearly defined. 3 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Figure 3 (Ref.[8]) gives a graphical representation of the estimated transition point xT for different Mach numbers, as function of the unit-Reynolds number. Moreover, the same figure shows the equivalent distance xL, referred to the lower point Reynolds number ReL=ReT-(ReT-Ret), and the equivalent distance xU referred to the upper point Reynolds number ReU=ReT+(ReT-Ret) where ReT and Ret are respectively the transition Reynolds number calculated at the begin and at the end of the transition. C. Transition tripping position effect The effect of the transition trip position on the AEDC cone, is not so amply described in literature. However, as reference, this dependence can be obtained Figure 2: Transition Reynolds number as a function of unit Reynolds number on a 10° cone [9] by some tests on other geometries. Figure 4 (Ref.[10]) shows transition Reynolds number as a function of transition tripping position, on a NLF(2)-0415 airfoil. In the figure, RTR correspond to Rext. Figure 4 shows that the Rext, at which the transition occurs, has a complicated dependence respect to transition position. In particular as the transition trip position grows, the Rext first decreases up to a critical value and after grows in a not well defined manner. D. Trip Transition height effect Trip Transition height is certainly an Figure 3: Estimated end of transition length as a function of the unit Reynolds number on a 10° cone in the NTF, assuming RT=f(M) [8] important parameter for the transition position. 4 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Despite it can be expected that the trip transition size anticipate the transition, this effect is not so amply described in literature on a AEDC cone and a well known law between the roughness height and transition position is not available. There are very few transition measurement results pertaining to roughness elements locally distributed on a surface, so it is very difficult to find a reference to establish a relation between trip transition height and transitional Reynolds number. In Ref.[11] is reported that when the Reynolds number obtained in function of Figure 4: Transition Reynolds number and transition tripping dependence [10] the roughness height ks exceeds a critical value, the transitional Reynolds number drops greatly. Ulks = 120 ν (1) Figure 5 (Ref.[11]), shows the ratio of the transitional Reynolds number on a flat plate at zero incidence with single roughness elements respect to transitional Reynolds number on a smooth plate as function of the trip transition height (referred to the boundary layer thickness). In particularly, when the trip transition height increases, the Reynolds number ratio decreases. Then the transition on the plate with roughness elements anticipate respect to smooth one. For the current activity, it is also useful to define the minimum roughness size inducing transition at the trip position (Ref.[13]), this value is named “Critical Height”. At the same manner the critical roughness Reynolds number Rek,t (Reynolds based on critical roughness height) can particular, roughness be defined. Reynolds In number smaller than the critical value induce no disturbance of sufficient magnitude, in boundary layer, to induce transition at the trip Figure 5: Ratio of the critical Reynolds number at a flat plate at zero incidence with single roughness elements to that of the smooth plate [11] position but have only the effect to anticipate the transition position. Whereas roughness particles equal the critical size, the formation of turbulent spots initiate near the roughness that coalesce into a continuously turbulent flow 5 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics somewhat downstream of the roughness. In this condition, only a small increase in roughness Reynolds number above the critical value is required to move the fully developed turbulent boundary layer substantially just after the roughness particles. From literature the “Critical Height” inducing transition for a given Mach number, unit Reynolds number and roughness location, can be calculated once that the Reynolds number based on the length of x from leading edge to roughness station, are defined. (Figure 6): for a selected value of Rek (in figure Rek=Rk) and for a given Mach number, unit Reynolds number, and roughness location, the value of the nondimensional roughness height ηk, inducing transition, can be determined once calculated the value of the Reynolds number ratio Re k defined as: Re x u ν Re k K = Re x k 0 Re x x U ν k (2) Experimental tests showed that Rek,t values, for which transition happens just after the roughness particles, was measured between 250 and 600 at Mach numbers up to 2 (Ref.[13]). Consequently, for the investigation in which a fully developed turbulent boundary layer occurring at the roughness position is desired, values of Rk,t slightly Figure 6: Critical height inducing for 3D conical bodies at Mach number from 0 to 5 [Ref.[13]] larger than 600 should be used to calculate the roughness height inducing transition. Lets notice that, currently, this method is widely used at PT-1 wind tunnel to choose the roughness height to be install on models that surely induce transition (just after roughness particles). II. Test Setup and Test Instrumentations A. Test facility PT-1 Transonic Research tunnel is part of a brand new complex which includes ground testing facilities and dedicated service utilities, making up the Italian Aerospace Research Centre (CIRA). The introduction of Transonic Wind Tunnel PT-1 was the aim to support industrial and research programmes with a versatile and high 6 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics flow quality aerodynamic testing platform, over a wide speed range, for a variety of small scale test articles. The pictures in Figure 7 shows a view of the facility. The PT-1 is a pressurized wind tunnel, which operates in a closed-circuit. It has two drive systems: a 145 kW fan, for continuous subsonic tests, in the low subsonic range (M<0.35), and a compressed air injection system for intermittent transonic and supersonic Figure 7: PT-1 Transonic Wind Tunnel [12] operation, in the high subsonic-transonic (0.35≤M≤1.1) and supersonic (M=1.4) ranges, with a maximum total pressure of 1.85 bar and useable test time of 150 seconds. The fan is connected to an external drive motor providing the motive power to continuous the wind subsonic tunnel during operations. A Cooling System (CS) is present to remove the heat generated by the fan during continuous operations. Cooling water Figure 8: PT-1 M-Re operating envelope (Reference length 1m) [12] flow is variable, up to 5 lt/s. A heat exchanger dissipates the energy delivered to the stream by the wind tunnel drive fan and it is designed for low pressure loss, spatially uniform flow and small variations in bulk air temperature across its face. The facility is equipped with two nozzle blocks: a convergent nozzle for Mach numbers below 1.1 and a convergent-divergent nozzle to reach M=1.4. The operating envelope of PT-1 is shown in Figure 8. The tunnel is equipped with two test sections, one with solid walls for subsonic use and the second, with perforated walls, for transonic and supersonic tests. In both cases the test section is 0.45m wide, with a height of 0.35m and a useable length of 0.60m. The transonic section porous walls with 60° inclined holes and 6.23% open area on all four sides. are equipped with appropriate model support systems. For two dimensional wall-to-wall models, a pair of turntables is used for position control, while for three dimensional models there is an option of a fixed sting or remotely controllable vertical rotation support. B. Test Article The cone used for the experimental activities, has a summit angle γ of 10° (Figure 9). The basic configuration has a length of 0.22m, an extension system is able to reach the extended configuration up to 0.31m. For this test the 7 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics extended configuration is used. The nose has a radius less than 0.1mm. The superficial roughness is less than 1.6µm. The model is equipped with 10 pressure taps for steady pressure measurements and 13 inserts for high Figure 9: AEDC Cone frequency pressure transducer (type “kulite”). Table 1 reports pressure taps positions and kulites locations. In order to obtain IR measurements, the model made of RAMAX AISI 420 is covered with a matte black low thermal conductivity coating (type DEVCON) with maximum thickness of 3mm. The coating extends along 180° in azimuth direction starting from φ=0°. Near the cone apex the DEVCON thickness decreases according to the little local diameter. C. Test Configuration AEDC cone in extended configuration is placed at 0° angle of attack in the 3D transonic test section with porous walls. The correct alignment of the cone model with wind tunnel flow was performed by means of an high precision (0.001°) bubble inclinometer (model Borletti K0-60), positioning the axis of AEDC cone, in extended configuration, at 0° angle of attack with respect to the wind tunnel flow direction, in the 3D transonic test section with porous walls (Figure 10). Figure 10: AEDC Cone installed in the 3D porous test section. D. Instrumentation And Data Acquisition 1. Static and Total pressure in PT-1 Wind Tunnel The data acquisition system was a UNITED SENSOR Pitot tube, type USNH-A-122, installed in the settling chamber to measure free stream total pressure. Free stream total pressure is acquired via a RUSKA 7222 absolute transducer with a full scale of 26 PSI and an accuracy of 0.01% FS. Free stream reference static pressure was measured at the tunnel wall in the test section inlet via 0.6mm diameter pressure taps distributed on the 4 sides of the test section. Each pressure tap communicates with the pressure transducer via a 6mm diameter tube. As with the total pressure, the transducer used is a RUSKA 7222 with the same scale and accuracy as noted above. 8 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 2. Atmospheric pressure Atmospheric pressure was measured using a DRUCK DPI 740 barometer with accuracy ±15 Pa. Total temperature is measured using a UNITED SENSOR USNH-B-106 total temperature probe installed in the settling chamber. 3. Static Pressures on AEDC cone All pressures from flow–field were acquired using the PSI 8400 system electronic differential pressure scanners ID P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 PRESSURE TAPS x [mm ] φ [degrees ] 77.50 180° 93.00 180° 124.00 180° 155.00 22 ° 186.00 225° 215.00 225° 275.00 225° 127.00 0° 127.00 70° 127.00 90° KULITE TRASDUCERS ID x [mm ] φ [degrees ] K1 8 .50 135° K2 94.75 135° K3 122.00 135° K4 139.30 135° K5 156.50 135° K6 173.80 135° K7 191.00 135° K8 208.30 135° K9 232.50 135° K10 242.80 135° Table 1: Pressure Taps Position for Static Pressure Measurements and Kulite Location for High Frequency Pressure Measurements (EPS), referenced to wind tunnel total or static pressure, or to atmospheric pressure, in accordance with the specific necessity. A number of pressure scanners with different full scale values are available, whose accuracy is 0.05% FS for full scales greater or equal to 5 psi, and 0.1% FS for lower full scales. The data acquisition is performed using a in–house developed interactive Figure 11: Pressure coefficient on AEDC cone at zero incidence [15] system; it integrates a number of different sub-systems, allowing their configuration synchronizing their outputs. Specifically, it P1 Generatrix φ [degrees] 180° 0-± 5 Typology (Differential/ Absolute) Differential manages calibration, P2 180° 93.0 0-± 5 Differential calibration control and data acquisition and P3 180° 124 0-± 5 Differential Static Gall ry Static Gallery P4 225° 155 0-± 5 Differential Static Gallery in a common environment configuration, and storage of both the pressure and analog Taps [-] Axial Position [cm] 77.5 Pressure Range [psi] Referen e Pressure Static Gallery P5 225° 186 0-± 5 Differential Static Gallery input modules of the PSI 8400 system, P6 225° 215 0-± 5 Differential Static Gallery data acquisition and storage of the RUSKA P7 225° 263 0-± 5 Differential Static Gallery P8 0° 127 Static Gallery 7222 pressure sensor and the DPI740 0-± 5 Differential P9 90° 127 0-± 5 Differential Static Gallery barometer, and configuration, actuation, P10 270° 127 0-± 5 Differential Static Gallery position acquisition and storage of the Table 2: Pressure taps set up turntables control system. In Table 2 is reported the position and setting are reported for each pressure taps. 9 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 4. Unsteady Pressure Measurements on the Cone High frequency pressure is measured by 9 high frequency pressure transducers, type Kulite with a body length of 3.5mm or 9mm and diameter of 1.7mm. In particular a 15 psi full scale kulites (XCS-062-15D) have been chosen. Figure 12: Model during the set-up. In order to acquire a more accurate signal the atmospheric pressure has been chosen as reference. Channel Figure 12 shows the model (Ch) Low Sensor Feed Gain [V] Pass Filter [kHz] during the set-up of Kulite sensors. Pressure Tipology Range (Differential/ [psi] Absolute) Reference Pressure k1 10.0 100 100 0 - ± 15 Differential Atmospheric k2 10.0 100 100 0 - ± 15 Differential Atmospheric kulites with a constant tension of k3 10.0 100 100 0 - ± 15 Differential Atmospheric 10VDC filter k4 10.0 100 100 0 - ± 15 Differential Atmospheric (Ref.[5]). The output signal is k5 10.0 100 100 0 - ± 15 Differential Atmospheric sampled by NI-PXI-1044 system k6 10.0 100 100 0 - ± 15 Differential Atmospheric with k7 10.0 100 100 0 - ± 15 Differential Atmospheric k8 10.0 100 100 0 - ± 15 Differential Atmospheric k9 10.0 100 100 0 - ± 15 Differential Atmospheric The cards of GLE/SGA-4 system are set up in order to feed a with a sample 100kHz frequency of 300Ks/sec/ch. The kulites are linked to a “junction box” made up by 16 interface cards; each of ones can be Table 3: Set up conditioner and kulites connected to 4 sensors and to a connector DB25, placed behind the box and named Board#N; N is between 1 and 16 and represent the progressive number of the interface cards in the junction box. The output signal is amplified with a gain of 100 in order to have an output signal between [-5Volt;+5Volt]. Table 3 resume all the data and the settings for each kulite. 5. Infrared Thermography System In order to detect the transition position, an infrared camera system, type ThermoVision A230G (Figure 13), is used. The advantage of infrared thermography is the ability to identify the heating footprint of complex threedimensional flow phenomena that are extremely difficult to resolve by discrete measurement technique. The A320G is designed to deliver accurate thermographic imaging and repeatable temperature measurements in a wide range of applications. Each thermal image is built from over 76,000 pixels that are sampled by the camera’s on-board electronics and firmware. With a standard Ethernet interface, the camera can be fully configured from a PC, allowing command, control and collection of full frame data from the A320G in real time. 10 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics The A320G is equipped with an RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet connection that supplies 16-bit 20x240 images at 60 Hz, and linear temperature data. Its straightforward 3-sided mounting allows quick installation, and it can be easily moved when application requirements change; in fact it is very practical since it is small Figure 13: ThermoVision A230G (170x70x70mm) and light (0.7kg). The camera field of view is built in 25°x18.8°/0.4m; the detector is made up of a Focal Plane Array (FPA) and an uncooled microbolometer with pixel resolution of 320x240. The camera is able to work in temperature ranges of –20°C to +120°C , 0°C to +350°C and optional up to +1200°C, with an accuracy of ±2°C. The infrared thermocamera is located on an appropriate external support at the top of the test section, sloping of 35°(Figure 13). in order to see the region of interest through a Germanium window. In order to have a good infrared image resolution a conventional optic is used, but this implicates the lost of about 1cm of the cone summit. III. Analysis Techniques A. Infrared Analysis Description The acquisition of infrared images was performed ThermaCAM with Researcher Professional software, able to make studies on high/medium/slow speed thermal events depending on the hardware configuration. Note that apparent the trend of Figure 14: 2D-3D Correlation temperature obtained on a single midline tracked along cone length, as done by ThermaCAM Researcher Professional software is not sufficient to detect transition with the required accuracy. For this reason, taking into account the axial symmetric geometry of the cone, an average of measured apparent temperatures located at the same x-position was calculated. Thus a final trend of mean apparent temperatures on model surface was used to evaluate the transition position (if present) on the cone. Infrared thermography system acquires 2D thermal images of AEDC cone, so transition can be visually detected and approximately positioned in the image. Since the model is 3D, a correlation between 2D representation and real cone 11 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics is necessary in order to exactly locate laminar-turbulent transition on the test model. In order to find the 2D-3D correspondence a dedicated program was created, using MATLAB®. The aim of the code is to evaluate the trend of apparent temperature along the cone model in order to find peaks of temperature and/or variations in slope trend. After 2D-3D correlation and apparent temperature trend evaluation a useful criterion of transition detection was recognized comparing temperature trend of different runs. Apparent temperature trend and relative infrared images of Figure 15: Laminar trend (Re=9,598,877 - M=0.380 - Xt/L=0.47 - K=0) three runs characterized by flux respectively laminar (Figure 15), and with laminar-turbulent transition (Figure 16) are showed in the figures at right side. In each infrared image it is possible to notice colour variation representing flow condition in test section; laminar to turbulent transition is showed with dark colours since flows passes from hot to cold temperature. infrared Finally, images in each previously reported, it is possible to notice a reflection area (coloured in yellow) and its location at the end of the cone is indicated by a dramatically rise of apparent temperature Figure 16: Transition on the cone model (Re=17,101,440 - M=0.946 - Xt/L=0.47 - K=0.045mm – XT/L=0.35) 12 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics reported in each correspondent trend. Analysis performed with ThermaCAM Researcher Professional software, Matlab code and Microsoft Excel application allowed to find output parameters. In particular, for each runs, transition position and distance between transition location and transition trip position were detected. Then non-dimensional transition position was plotted as a function of Mach number, transition trip roughness height and Reynolds number, at different transition trip position. The aim was to analyse and recognize Mach number, roughness height and Reynolds number effect on transition position. The most significant plots are shown as follow. B. High Frequency Analysis Description Power Spectral Densities (PSD) were calculated for the Kulite data to show the changing frequency contributions during transition. Kulite spectra were calculated for 3.3 s time samples using Welch's method (Ref.[5]). Figure 17 represents the typical PSD measured in the wind tunnel. Figure 17: PSD Two different kind of PSD were calculated. The first covers all the frequencies and used a window size of approximately 3900 points, 50% overlap with approximately 1024 FFT's were averaged; the second one considers only the frequencies up to 30 kHz and used a window size of 7800 points, 50% overlap with approximately 1024 FFT's were averaged. The reason to determine a PSD only for the frequencies between 0 and 30kHz is that the transition phenomena should be interested frequencies near 13kHz (Ref.[5]). Finally a color map which Figure 18: Color map from PSD measured 13 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics reports the non-dimensional cone abscissa on vertical axis, the frequencies on horizontal axis and the intensity of the PSD expressed in Db/Hz is represented by the color-bar. This was obtained interpolating the different PSD trends measured by each Kulite along the cone axis. Using this map is possible to observe how the intensity of the PSD change at the same frequency moving along the cone axis and for a specific cone station, how the intensity of the PSD change with the frequencies. Figure 18 represent the color map obtained using the PSD reported in Figure 17. Figure 19: Color map of a typical laminar flow IV. Analysis of Results A. High Frequency Analysis Different color maps are reported to explain the correlation between the quality of the flow and the Kulite measurements. Figure 19 represents a typical color map of a laminar flow: it is possible to see that there are no amplifications of the PSD at the same frequency despite of the presence of the transition trip that is indicated in figure with the black line. It is also possible to see that for the same position there is a continuous reduction of the intensity of the PSD. Figure 20 is referred to an Figure 20: Color map of a typical transitional flow experiment in which transition occurred, this is demonstrated by the thermographic image. From the same figure is possible to observe an increasing of the intensity of the PSD yet before the trip position and it is possible to note the amplification of this 14 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics perturbation after the trip position. When transition occurred there is a propagation of the perturbation also at the low frequencies. The frequency that interest the propagation of the disturb is around 13 kHz; this result is in accord to literature (Ref.[5]). It is also possible to note that where transition occurred there is an increasing of the intensity of the PSD from low frequencies to frequencies around 13 kHz and after the PSD decrease; in laminar flow the trend of the PSD is continuously decreasing with the increase of the frequency. B. MAIN EFFECTS Analysis performed with thermographic images and Kulite pressure measurements allowed to find output parameters. In particular, for each runs, were evaluated transition position, transitional Reynolds number and distance between transition location and transition trip position were detected. The aim was to analyse and recognize Mach number, roughness height and Reynolds number effect on transition position. The most significant plots will be shown below. 1. Mach number effect Mach number effect on transition phenomena is prevalent in comparison with other parameters influence. Following figures report plots representing non-dimensional transition distance towards Mach number distribution in different configurations of transition trip position and roughness height. Figure 21 and Figure 22 shows Figure 21: Non-dimensional transition distance towards Mach number clearly as the transition move towards the leading edge of the cone increasing Mach number; it is also possible to observe as the transition anticipate with the increasing of the Reynolds number. Figure 23 and Figure 24 show the influence of the trip position on the transition position. Comparing figures showed, it also possible to observe that the distance of the transition from the tripping position Figure 22: Non-dimensional transition distance towards Mach number 15 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics decrease with increasing of the roughness height and the transition appears at lower Mach number increasing the roughness height. Concluding it is possible to affirm that when roughness height increase and transition trip moves backward along the cone model axis, laminar to turbulent transitions is induced at lower Mach number. Furthermore transition position shift forward along the cone can be Figure 23: Non-dimensional transition distance towards Mach number (K=0.067 (F180)) considered as a consequence of Mach number rise. 2. Roughness height effect For the analysis of roughness height effect, transition versus non-dimensional distance was plotted roughness height dimensional value. Configurations with different transition trip positions and roughness heights, in the same condition of Mach number and Reynolds number, are showed Figure 24: Non-dimensional transition distance towards Mach number (K=0.129 (F100)) below. In Figure 25 it is possible to see a completely absence of transition at 0.4 Mach number. At Mach number included in 0.70-0.74 range, it is possible to observe a parabolic dependence between non-dimensional transition distance and roughness height as reported in Ref.[11]. Figure 25: Non-dimensional transition distance towards roughness height Mach[0.38-0.42] - Re [10*10^6 - 15*10^6] 16 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Increasing values, Mach smaller number transition trip roughness height is necessary to induce laminar to turbulent transition. Finally it is possible to assert that when Mach number increases, roughness height necessary to induce laminar to turbulent Figure 26: Non-dimensional transition distance towards roughness height Mach[0.70-0.74] - Re [17*10^6 - 20*10^6] transition on AEDC cone model decreases, and this effect is amplified by transition trip shift backward. 3. Reynolds number effect Reynolds number effect on laminar to turbulent transition is less evident than Mach number and roughness eight one. Figure 27: Non-dimensional transition distance towards roughness height Mach[0.94-0.97] - Re [16*10^6 - 18*10^6] Moreover this effect is not simple to analyse because it is very difficult to compare runs fixing Mach number and varying Reynolds number. An evaluation of Reynolds number effect was performed, plotting transition non-dimensional distance versus Reynolds number, at variable Mach number; these plots are reported in the figure below. Figure 28 and Errore. Figure 28: Non-dimensional transition distance towards Reynolds number (K=0-smooth configuration) L'origine riferimento non è stata trovata. shows as increasing Reynolds number, transition moves afterward also for smooth configuration, but only for high Mach number. It is not possible to observe a dependence between Reynolds number and transition position due to the strict relation between Reynolds and Mach number that not permit to have many points at the same Mach number with different Reynolds number. C. Minimum Transition trip Height inducing Transition. 17 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics In wind tunnel investigation with 3D and 2D models is often desirable to locate artificially the position of boundary-layer transition from turbulent flow. laminar As said, to a satisfactory method of inducing transition is the use of a strip of distributed particles roughness. In of particular, roughness particles smaller than the critical size have been found Figure 29: Non-dimensional transition distance towards Reynolds number to introduce no disturbance of sufficient magnitude to influence transition. Whereas roughness particles equal or greater than a critical size give rise to turbulent spots that coalesce into a continuously turbulent flow downstream of the roughness. Therefore, for wind tunnel measurements, the knowledge of the minimum roughness size able to induce transition is very important to minimize the drag coefficient increment at transonic/supersonic speed due to transition trip presence on the model. Currently, in CIRA PT-1 wind tunnel, roughness height used for transition induction on 3D model is the greatest one among transition trip heights calculated from literature (Ref.[13]). This, to be sure that the roughness height ensures laminar to turbulent transition. Of course, this choice causes “small” negative effects as the increasing of the aerodynamic drag measured in wind tunnel. Figure 30 shows the region in which the critical height of transition trip is expected (grey region), according to literature Test points relative to transition trips equally located on the cone surface, but with a different size of roughness, were analyzed at increasing Mach Figure 30: Dimensional roughness height towards Mach number number. The output is reported in Figure 30 too. The area fill with grey colour represents the region in which critical roughness height (inducing transition) is expected according to literature (Ref.[14]). In particular round points indicate minimum roughness heights that could be able to induce transition. Squared points represent, instead, the transition trip heights that surely are able to 18 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics induce transition. Squared points represent today the values of roughness height used in PT-1 wind tunnel during experiment on 3D models to surely induce transition. Triangular and asterisk points show the effective measured roughness height values inducing transition respectively with the trip located at 0.47 and 0.59 non-dimensional abscissa. These results are very important because it allows to choose smaller values of transition trip height respect to transition trip height currently used (squared points). Performing data linear interpolation it is possible to notice that rise in Mach number involves a reduction of roughness height necessary to induce transition for both trip locations. Thanks to result plotted in Figure 30, the PT-1 wind tunnel will use smaller transition trip heights which involve laminar to turbulent transition on 3D model reducing the negative effect of the trip presence :This outcome implies, of course, a vantage since lower heights of roughness reduce drag coefficient increment due to transition trip application with respect smooth configuration, involving much accurate Wind Tunnel data. A final consideration to be reported consists in a trend variation of linear interpolation straight lines between transition trips located at 0.47 and 0.59 non-dimensional abscissa. This effect means that moving transition trip towards arrears positions on model surface, grater height values of transition trip located are necessary to induce transition; on the contrary, moving transition trip forward, smaller roughness height can be used. At Mach number approximately equal to 0.75 transition trip position seems non to be influential, since roughness height necessary to induce transition is in any case included in a region delimited by 0.078mm and 0.083mm. V. Conclusions The understanding of the mechanisms leading to transition and the development of reliable transition prediction methods are recognized as critical issues in aerothermodynamics. An experimental activity was planned in CIRA in order to investigate concentrated roughness effects on a 5-deg half-angle sphere-cone model, taking into account Reynolds and Mach number and trip position variations. The aim of the activities is to improve the understanding of the transition mechanisms in transonic flow and, at the same time, to improve the effectiveness of the existing transition prediction criteria. In the present work the test setup and the main results have been illustrated. The ability to detect transition by using high frequency pressure measurements is showed and also a correlation with thermographic measurements has been presented to demonstrate the precision of the results obtained by pressure data. Finally the minimum transition height inducing transition for the PT-1 wind tunnel has been evaluated and the results has been compared with literature. Acknowledgments The authors wish a sincere and grateful acknowledgement to Eng. Antonio Schettino and CLAE Project which financed this activity. A special thank goes to CIRA PT-1 Technician, Vincenzo Fiorillo, who participated to the test campaign execution. 19 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Finally, the authors wish a sincere and grateful acknowledgment to Eng. Francesco Valenza whose suggestions were important for the test activities. References [1] Steven P. Schneider. Effects of high-speed tunnel noise on laminar-turbulent transition. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 38(3):323{333, May{June 2001. [2] I.E. Beckwith and C.G. Miller III. Aerothermo-dynamics and transition in high-speed wind tunnels at NASA Langley. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 22:419{439, 1990. [3] Müller, L., Henckels, A., - “Visualization Of High-Speed Boundary-Layer Transition With FPA Infrared Technique” – DGLR96-B. [4] Marino, A., Imperatore, B., Ragni, A., “Streamwise porosity distribution optimization for minimizing wall interference in a transonic wind tunnel”, AIAA - 2009-1485 [5] K.M. Casper, S.J. Beresh, J.F. Henfling, R.W. Spillers, B. Pruett, S.P. Schneider, “Hypersonic Wind-Tunnel Measurements of Boundary-Layer Pressure Fluctuations”, AIAA 2009-4045, 22-25 June 2009. [6] Rode M, DeLoach R.- “Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Calibration Using the Modern Design of Experiments” - AIAA-paper 2005-4274. [7] Douglas C. Montgomery - “Design and Analysis of Experiments 5th edition” – John Wiley & Sons Inc. [8] E. Gartenberg, “A concept of Transition Mapping on a 10°-Cone in the National Transonic Facility Using Flow-Pressure Variation”, NASA Contractor Report 198209, September 1995. [9] F. Fisher, N.S. Dougherty, Jr., “Flight and wind tunnel correlation of boundary layer transition on the AEDC transition cone”, NASA–Technical Memorandum 84902, November 1982. [10] R.H. Radeztsky Jr., M.S. Reibert, W.S. Saric, “Effect of Isolated Micron-Sized Roughness of Transition in Swept-Wing Flows, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-6106, AIAA Journal, November 1999. [11] H. Schlicthing, K. Gersten, “Boundary layer theory”, Springer, 2003 [12] C. Izzo, L. Martire, CIRA PT-1 USER MANUAL-CIRA-CF-09-1144, 2009 [13] A.L.Braslow, E.C. Knox, “Simplified Method for Determination of Critical Height of Distributed Roughness Particles for Boundary-Layer Transition at Mach Numbers from 0 to 5“, NACA - Technical Note 4363, Washington, September 1958 [14] A. S. Abu-Nostafa and T. D. Reed, “Correlation Of Transonic-Cone-Preston-Tube Data and Skin Friction”, NASA-CE1769C2, May 1984, California [15] AEDC-TR-77-52, “A Survey of Transition Research at AEDC”, Arnold Engineering Development Center, Air Force System Command, Arnold Air Force Station, Tennessee 37389, July 1977 [16] A.Marino, R.Fauci, R.Donelli, A.Schettino, “Hypersonic Laminar-Turbulent Transition Experiment Design: From wind tunnel model definition to MDOE Approach”, AIAA 2010-1112, 4 - 7 January 2010, Orlando, Florida. Computer Software [17] Matlab R2007a Mathworks 20 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics