The Hydrodynamics Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology—1976

1976 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 740-748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Ward
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
High Speed ◽  
California Institute ◽  
Operating Characteristics ◽  
California Institute Of Technology ◽  
New Instrumentation ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Research Facilities

The High Speed and Free Surface Water Tunnels are the principal research facilities of the Hydrodynamics Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology. Significant changes have been made to these facilities since their erection in 1945. This paper presents a description of these facilities, and their operating characteristics, as they exist today. Recent projects, new instrumentation, and support facilities are also described.

Realizing the Potential of JWST High Contrast Imaging with Coronagraphic Phase-Retrieval

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Ygouf ◽  
Charles A Beichman ◽  
Graça M Rocha ◽  
Joseph J Green ◽  
Jewell Jeffrey B ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Retrieval ◽  
High Contrast ◽  
California Institute ◽  
Systematic Observation ◽  
Contrast Imaging ◽  
Space Telescope ◽  
California Institute Of Technology ◽  
High Contrast Imaging ◽  
Circumstellar Environments ◽  
Institute Of Technology

<div>  The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will probe circumstellar environments at an unprecedented sensitivity. However, the performance of high-contrast imaging instruments is limited by the residual light from the star at close separations (<2-3”), where the incidence of exoplanets increases rapidly. There is currently no solution to get rid of the residual light down to the photon noise level at those separations, which may prevent some crucial discoveries.</div> <div>  We are further developing and implementing a potentially game-changing technique of post-processing that does not require the systematic observation of a reference star, but instead directly uses data from the science target by taking advantage of the technique called “phase retrieval”. This technique is built on a Bayesian framework that provides a more robust determination of faint astrophysical structures around a bright source.</div> <div>  This approach uses a model of instrument that takes advantage of prior information, such as data from wavefront sensing operations on JWST, to estimate instrumental aberrations and further push the limits of high-contrast imaging. With this approach, our goal is to improve the contrast that can be achieved with JWST instruments.</div> <div>  We were awarded a JWST GO-Calibration proposal to implement, test and validate this approach on NIRCam imaging and coronagraphic imaging. This work will pave the way for the future space-based high-contrast imaging instruments such as the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument (Roman CGI). This technique will be crucial to make the best use of the telemetry data that will be collected during the CGI operations.</div> <div>  <br />“© 2021 California Institute of Technology. Government sponsorship acknowledged. The research was carried out in part at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This document has been reviewed and determined not to contain export controlled data.”</div>

A Theoretical Investigation of the Maximum-lift Coefficient

1935 ◽  
Vol 39 (295) ◽  
pp. 619-632
Author(s):  
TH. Von karman ◽  
Clark B. Millikan
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Theoretical Investigation ◽  
Lift Coefficient ◽  
Wind Tunnels ◽  
California Institute ◽  
California Institute Of Technology ◽  
Junior Author ◽  
Institute Of Technology

The problem of the maximum lift of airfoils has concerned the authors greatly since there were first discovered in the spring of 1932 serious discrepancies in this characteristic between results obtained in the wind tunnel of the Guggenheim Aeronautics Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT) and those reported from certain other wind tunnels. An elaborate experimental investigation by the junior author and A. L. Klein indicated that the value of CLmax for a given airfoil was strongly affected both by Reynolds number and by the degree of turbulence in the tunnel wind stream.

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