Accession Number:
ADA330728
Title:
Optical Propagation Through a Turbulent Jet.
Descriptive Note:
Final Technical rept. 1 Mar 94-28 Feb 97
Corporate Author:
NEW MEXICO UNIV ALBUQUERQUE DEPT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1997-09-01
Pagination or Media Count:
7.0
Abstract:
A fast optical tomography system has been used to investigate a heated round jet acoustically excited in axisymmetric and helical modes. This flow diagnostics reveals the development and interaction of large-scale vortices in the near-field region of the jet. In a complementary experimental study of prediction-based adaptive optics, Linear Stochastic Estimation of optical beam deflection produced by the jet has been used in an open-loop control system. a piezoelectric steering mirror wa controlled to minimize beam deflection based on temperature inputs. The results indicate that a multi-aperture adaptive- optic control system may be based on multi-point temperature measurements.
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Subject Categories:
- Electricity and Magnetism
- Optics
- Jet and Gas Turbine Engines