Aero-optical environment of the supersonic flow in Trisonic Gasdynamic Facility (TGF) wind tunnel at Wright-Patterson AFB was experimentally measured using a high-speed wavefront sensor. Temporally-and spatially-resolved wavefronts were collected at a range of Mach numbers between 1.5 and 3.0 and the range of Reynolds numbers between 1 and 4 million per foot. Several data reduction techniques, including multi-point spectral crosscorrelation method, were introduced to analyze results and important statistical information about the turbulent boundary layer was extracted and discussed. A novel method was presented for using the frozen flow assumption to recover time-resolved wavefront measurements from spatially resolved 2-D wavefronts that are under-sampled in time. The criteria for using this technique were discussed in detail.

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The thermal-hydraulic behavior of the spent fuel in dry storage casks under forced convection mode is experimentally and numerically investigated. For this purpose, a test rig is designed and constructed to simulate the cooling loop cask. This test rig contains 21 spent fuel discharged from a pressurized water reactor (PWR). A numerical simulation is performed by ANSYS-CFX fluid dynamic code. The effect of decay heat generation and inlet air velocity are investigated. The results show that the increase in the inlet air velocity improves the coolability of the fuel, while the increase in decay heat leads to a decrease in the coolability of the fuel. Within the range (1.1< V < 2.8 m/s) for inlet air velocity and heaters power (630 < Q < 1260 watt), a new empirical correlation has been obtained for Nusselt number, Nu as a function in Reynolds number, Re. The comparisons between experimental and numerical results show a good agreement.