Date of Award
Spring 1977
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Program/Concentration
Mechanical Engineering
Committee Director
John M. Kuhlman
Committee Member
Jerry Adcock
Committee Member
Robert Kilgore
Abstract
A theoretical analysis of the properties of hydrogen has been made to determine the suitability of hydrogen as a cryogenic wind tunnel test gas. By using Cryogenic hydrogen, instead of air or cryogenic nitrogen, as the wind tunnel test gas, a significant increase in the test Reynolds number may be achieved without increasing the aerodynamic loads. Under sonic conditions, for example, compared to air at ambient temperature, cryogenic hydrogen at a pressure of one atmosphere produces an increase in Reynolds number of a factor of approximately fourteen while cryogenic nitrogen, at the same pressure, produces an increase of only a factor of about six.
DOI
10.25777/0k3b-yt28
Recommended Citation
Haut, Richard C..
"Evaluation of Hydrogen as a Cryogenic Wind Tunnel Test Gas"
(1977). Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), dissertation, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/0k3b-yt28
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/mae_etds/229