Add fluorescent minitufts to the aerodynamicist's bag of tricks
Abstract
Recent experience has demonstrated the feasibility of routinely using fluorescent minitufts to visualize low-speed and transonic flows. This extension of the traditional yarn technique permits large numbers of minitufts to be applied to the surfaces of a wind tunnel model, yet produces negligible interference with the flow. Extremely thin fluorescent nylon monofilament (diameter as small as 0.0007 in.) forms the tufts. Small drops of lacquer-type adhesive attach the tufts to the model. Fluorescence photography records the visual data.
- Publication:
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Astronautics Aeronautics
- Pub Date:
- November 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980AsAer..18...54C
- Keywords:
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- Flow Visualization;
- Wind Tunnel Apparatus;
- Wing Flow Method Tests;
- Fluorescence;
- Nylon (Trademark);
- Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Instrumentation and Photography