2022 Volume 65 Issue 4 Pages 185-194
In the present study, the visualization of compressible flow around a particle/particles including wake vortices and drag estimation were conducted through shock-particle interaction experiments. An experimental method that can investigate flow over isolated and clustered particle(s) (with a minimum diameter of 0.3 mm) interacting with a planar shock was established. For flow visualization, the Mach number (M) and Reynolds number (Re) based on the relative velocity between the particle and the quantities behind the planar shock wave were 0.46 ≤ M ≤ 1.24 and 3500 ≤ Re ≤ 9800, respectively. The present measurement system succeeded in visualizing flow structures not only for shock waves, but also wake structures formed behind the particle(s) under subsonic and transonic conditions, and the Mach number effect was provided. The mean drag coefficient was estimated from the time-position data of the particle at 3100 ≤ Re ≤ 9800 and M = 0.46. The estimated drag coefficient was close to that of the value estimated by the drag model and previous experiments. The flowfield around clustered particles was visualized and its breakdown process was observed. The particle cluster dispersed due to aerodynamic interference. Particularly, the particles located on the upper side of the particle cluster moved upward against the gravitational force.
