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Performance Automotive Applications of Pressure-Sensitive Paint in the Langley Full Scale Tunnel
Technical Paper
2002-01-3291
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Recently, there has been a strong emphasis on aerodynamic and aeroacoustic wind tunnel testing of automobiles. While significant level resources have been spent on investigating aerodynamics, the methodology has not changed appreciably since the beginning of aerodynamics as a science. Over the past decade, a number of global flow diagnostic techniques have been developed that drastically increase the quality and quantity of data from wind tunnel testing. One of these technologies is the use of pressure sensitive luminescent coatings, known as pressure-sensitive paint, a method which has matured considerably since its inception and is now used extensively in aerospace applications with good results. The goal of this research is to implement this technology in the full scale testing of high performance automotive vehicles. This paper discusses the details of a preliminary test, such as technique, paint formulation, camera and lighting hardware, and data reduction and analysis. The test article was an actual high performance vehicle, a “stock car”, and the test facility was the Langley Full Scale Tunnel.
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- Stephen Lee - Department of Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University
- Drew Landman - Department of Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University
- Jeffrey Jordan - NASA Langley Research Center
- Anthony Watkins - NASA Langley Research Center
- Bradley Leighty - NASA Langley Research Center
- Donald Oglesby - Swales Aerospace, Inc.
- Joanne Ingram - Swales Aerospace, Inc.
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Lee, S., Landman, D., Jordan, J., Watkins, A. et al., "Performance Automotive Applications of Pressure-Sensitive Paint in the Langley Full Scale Tunnel," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-3291, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-3291.Also In
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