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    Area of Science:

    • Fluid dynamics
    • Optical measurement techniques

    Background:

    • Turbulent boundary layers in wind tunnels can affect optical measurements.
    • Focused Laser Differential Interferometry (FLDI) is used for density change measurements.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the impact of turbulent wind-tunnel-wall boundary layers on FLDI density change measurements.
    • To assess FLDI's capability for quantitative turbulence and signal measurements in noisy environments.

    Main Methods:

    • Direct numerical simulation (DNS) of a turbulent boundary layer from a Mach-6 wind tunnel.
    • Probing the DNS with a simulated FLDI model to compute responses.
    • Analyzing the smoothing effect of simulated FLDI measurements on boundary layer RMS profiles.

    Main Results:

    • Simulated FLDI measurements smoothed boundary layer RMS profiles, with peaks within 20% of true values.
    • FLDI successfully estimated density fluctuations by relating spatial density change to temporal fluctuations.
    • Low-amplitude signals were measured above boundary layer noise, but freestream noise measurements were dominated by boundary layers at lower frequencies.

    Conclusions:

    • FLDI is a useful technique for quantitative turbulence measurements and measuring signals through turbulent boundary layers.
    • FLDI may lack sufficient off-focus suppression for accurate freestream noise measurements, especially at lower frequencies.