Response of passive surface hairs in steady and unsteady Falkner-Skan boundary layers.

Case, Lance C.

Response of passive surface hairs in steady and unsteady Falkner-Skan boundary layers.

dc.contributor.advisor	McClain, Stephen Taylor.
dc.contributor.author	Case, Lance C.
dc.contributor.department	Engineering.	en_US
dc.contributor.schools	Baylor University. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2012-11-29T16:26:13Z
dc.date.available	2012-11-29T16:26:13Z
dc.date.copyright	2012-08
dc.date.issued	2012-11-29
dc.description.abstract	Arrays of biologically inspired artificial hair sensors for flow detection are being considered to provide small unmanned aerial vehicles greater platform stability through gust mitigation. Analytical models of hair sensor response to flow conditions have been previously developed, but fundamental assumptions of those models have remained essentially unvalidated. A model adaptation for non-wall-orthogonal fiber deflection was developed due to the geometric nature of the attached fibers. The current work seeks to validate this hair sensor model with wind tunnel testing results of hair sensor response to flows. Because the hair sensor arrays are not yet active, an optical fiber displacement measurement scheme and image analysis algorithms were developed to compute fiber deflection response to steady and unsteady flow conditions. Results indicate agreement between model predictions and experimental results sufficient for future sensor design employing the adapted model.	en_US
dc.description.degree	M.S.M.E.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2104/8522
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher		en
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dc.subject	Hair sensors	en_US
dc.subject	Flow detection	en_US
dc.title	Response of passive surface hairs in steady and unsteady Falkner-Skan boundary layers.	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US