2018 Volume 38 Issue 148 Pages 17-24
Measurement technique using Pressure-Sensitive Paint (PSP) has already been utilized in practical wind tunnel tests in aircraft development because of a large amount of information in pressure distribution measurement. Temperature-Sensitive Paint (TSP) has also been developed in the aerospace field to correct the temperature of the PSP. This technique is also applied to the measurement of the aerodynamic heating rate generated at hypersonic speed, and it is expected to be applied to databases that contribute to the design of spacecraft.
In this paper, we introduce the state-of-the-art practical applications of these PSP/TSP measurement technique. It also touches development trends in the aerospace field of PSP/TSP in Europe.
