Journal
MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 16, Issue 9, Pages 1701-1709Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/16/9/001
Keywords
flow testing at high pressure; high temperature; high Reynolds number
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The William B Morgan Large Cavitation Channel (LCC) is a large variable-pressure closed-loop water tunnel that has been operated by the US Navy in Memphis, TN, USA, since 1991. This facility is well designed for a wide variety of hydrodynamic and hydroacoustic tests. Its overall size and capabilities allow test-model Reynolds numbers to approach, or even achieve, those of full-scale air- or water-borne transportation systems. This paper describes the facility along with some novel implementations of measurement techniques that have been successfully utilized there. In addition, highlights are presented from past test programmes involving (i) cavitation, (ii) near-zero pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layers, (iii) the near-wake flow characteristics of a two-dimensional hydrofoil and (iv) a full-scale research torpedo.
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