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http://dx.doi.org/10.6108/KSPE.2012.16.4.070

Large Scale Mass Flow Measurement Using Bellmouth and Rake  

Kim, Jeong-Woo (국방과학연구소 1기술연구본부 5부)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers / v.16, no.4, 2012 , pp. 70-79 More about this Journal
Abstract
For an aerodynamic test facility, it is very important to get the precise measurement data of pressure, temperature and mass flow rate at the upstream to the test article. Hence, a new measurement method using a bellmouth and rakes was studied for the large scale system of which the corrected mass flow is between 5 kg/s and 8 kg/s. The bellmouth was designed by ISO standard for 0.5% accuracy, and the rakes were designed by using the equal area method. From the results of 9 test trials, it is found that the Reynolds number of rakes and the mass flow rate ratio can be simply formulated by an one-dimensional equation. The mass flow rate of rakes was calibrated by this equation. By the result of calibration, The maximum error rate was -0.507%, and the average error rate was -0.000274%.
Keywords
Duct Flow; Mass Flow Rate; Bellmouth; Rake; Calibration; Corrected Mass Flow;
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