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An Experimental Study Of Low Speed Open Cavity Flows, Abraham J. Meganathan Dec 2000

An Experimental Study Of Low Speed Open Cavity Flows, Abraham J. Meganathan

Masters Theses

The experimental work is part of an ongoing study aimed at understanding and controlling of cavity instabilities by passive or active steady or unsteady fluid injection. An experimental setup has been designed to quantitatively visualize the flow-field inside the cavity for varying relative dimensions (L/D ratios of 2.0, 2.67, 3.5 and 4.5, W/D of 3.33) at low subsonic speeds ranging from 55 ft/sec to 214 ft/sec using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV).

The results showed that PIV could provide instantaneous velocity and other flow field data inside and above the cavity. The quality of data is good and may be used …