The real-time wall interference correction system of the NASA Ames 12-foot pressure wind tunnel [microform] / Norbert Ulbrich.
"An improved version of the Wall Signature Method was developed to compute wall interference effects in three-dimensional subsonic wind tunnel testing of aircraft models in real-time. The method may be applied to a full-span or a semispan model. A simplified singularity representation of the ai...
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| Other title: | Real time wall interference correction system of the NASA Ames 12-foot pressure wind tunnel. |
| Format: | Government Document Microfilm Book |
| Language: | English |
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Moffett Field, Calif. : [Springfield, Va.] :
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center ; [National Technical Information Service, distributor],
[1998]
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| Series: | NASA contractor report ;
NASA CR-208537. |
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| Summary: | "An improved version of the Wall Signature Method was developed to compute wall interference effects in three-dimensional subsonic wind tunnel testing of aircraft models in real-time. The method may be applied to a full-span or a semispan model. A simplified singularity representation of the aircraft model is used. Fuselage, support system, propulsion simulator, and separation wake volume blockage effects are represented by point sources and sinks. Lifting effects are represented by semi-infinite line doublets. The singularity representation of the test article is combined with the measurement of wind tunnel test reference conditions, wall pressure, lift force, thrust force, pitching moment, rolling moment, and pre-computed solutions of the subsonic potential equation to determine first order wall interference corrections. Second order wall interference corrections for pitching and rolling moment coefficient are also determined. A new procedure is presented that estimates a rolling moment coefficient correction for wings with non-symmetric lift distribution. Experimental data obtained during the calibration of the Ames Bipod model support system and during tests of two semispan models mounted on an image plane in the NASA Ames 12 ft. Pressure Wind Tunnel are used to demonstrate the application of the wall interference correction method."--NASA Technical Reports Server web site. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume. Available in microfiches and via the Internet. |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | Available in microfiches and via the Internet. |