Laser velocimeter correlation measurements in subsonic and supersonic jets

Abstract This paper describes laser velocimeter cross-correlation measurements conducted in the flow field of a jet. The jet conditions were varied over a range of Mach numbers from 0·5 to 1·37, and in the case of the Mach 0·9 jet, tests were also run at an absolute exit temperature equal to 2·32 that of the ambient. From the families of cross-correlation curves, the integral length scales, the convection velocity and the integral time scale in the moving frame were determined. It was found that the axial and radial integral length scales changed almost linearly with the axial distance from the nozzle, at rates which were in agreement with Jones' [1]. The convection velocity and integral time scale also agreed with values previously obtained with hot wire anemometers. The effects of jet exit conditions on the variation of the length scales were not noticeable. However, in the case of the convection velocity and time scale, there was some dependence on the jet conditions.