简介:AnartificialdisturbanceisintroducedintotheboundarylayeroveraflatplatetoinvestigatetheeffectonthetransitionprocessintheMach6.5windtunnelatPekingUniversity.Alinearstabilitytheory(LST)isutilizedtopredicttheevolutionoftheeigenmodes,andthefrequencyoftheartificialdisturbanceischosenaccordingtotheLSTresults.Theartificialdisturbanceisgeneratedbyglowingdischargeonthesurfaceoftheplateclosetotheleadingedge.TheRayleigh-scatteringvisualizationandparticleimagevelocimetry(PIV)measurementsareperformed.Bycomparingtheexperimentalresultswithartificialdisturbanceswiththoseunderthenaturalcondition(withoutartificialdisturbances),thepresentpapershowsthatthesecond-modeinstabilitywavesaresignificantlystimulatedbytheartificialdisturbances,andtheboundarylayertransitioniseffectivelytriggered.