Measuring Vortex-Induced Vibration with Hot Wire in Wind Tunnel

Long cantilever stings that support aerodynamic models in wind tunnels are a potential source of vibration problems which would damage test data quality, many documents use the methods of setting acceleration sensors on model to measure vibration of model-sting system, but setting sensors on little scale model is hard to realize, and sensors could interfere with flow field around the model. For purpose of reducing flow field interference, a method of hot wire probe measuring wake to acquire vibration parameters of model is tried, this way is easy to realize for little scale model. At the same time, methods of accelerator signal frequency domain filtering and frequency domain integration are used to acquire vibration model parameters of model-sting for comparison with data of hot wire, this method could improve the SNR of effective signal. Using method of accelerator signal power spectrum analysis, three order vibration frequencies of 31.1Hz¡120.9 Hz and 221.4Hz of the system are acquired. Using method of frequency domain filtering and frequency domain integration, the vibration mode and node of the system are acquired. Using method of hot wire measuring wake, vortex shedding frequencies of 31.1Hz and 124.1 Hz, and the model buffet boundary are acquired. Experiment results show that, the method of hot wire measuring model wake vortex shedding frequency for analysis of aircraft model vibration, is convenient for little scale model test, is a practical method for vortex-induced vibration measurement.