Investigation of 2-d wake pressures downstream of perforated plates

Abstract

The construction, calibration and measurements made by a built up static pressure probe for measurement of unsteady pressures in the flow field are discussed. The wind tunnel experiments were conducted on a series of two-dimensional perforated normal plates to an air stream to study the characteristics of unsteady wake pressures and to ascertain if they could be correlated in some way. The velocity ranged from 5 to 15 m/s in the present study. The pressure field gets significantly modified as the perforation level increases. The present study is concerned with three plates with perforation level of 0%, 25% and 35%. There appears to be a correlation between the maximum normalized value of the R.M.S pressure fluctuation levels, base pressure and the perforation level of the normal plate. © 2012 CAFET-INNOVA TECHNICAL SOCIETY.