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HomeCharacteristicsQuick FactsData AcquisitionGalleryVirtual Tour Data Acquisition and Processing Inputs: Analog, digital and electronically scanned pressure (ESP) system. Controller: Open Architecture…
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HomeCharacteristicsQuick FactsData AcquisitionGalleryVirtual Tour This facility assesses conventional performance for low-speed tests of powered and unpowered models of various fixed-…
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HomeCharacteristicsQuick FactsData AcquisitionGalleryVirtual Tour Speed: 348 feet per second Reynolds Number: 0 to 2.2 x 106 per foot Pressure: Atmospheric…
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Curtis Flack (left) and Paul von Hardenberg inspect the ice formation on the spinner of an Advanced Air Mobility proprotor…
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HomeCharacteristicsFacility BenefitsFacility ApplicationsData AcquisitionGallery Facility Benefits 20-Foot Vertical Spin Tunnel Fact Sheet Subsonic Facilities
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Maneuvering aircraft may encounter a dangerous condition known as spin, caused by a sudden loss of lift over wings or…
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NASA’s aeronautical innovators are using the most modern research tools available, including 3D printing, to generate new data that will…
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NASA Glenn’s 9-by 15-Low-Speed Wind Tunnel (9 x 15 LSWT) has just completed a series of acoustic improvements that has…
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The 4-Foot Supersonic Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel (UPWT) is a closed-circuit, continuous-flow, variable-density supersonic tunnel with two 4- by 4-…
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HomeCharacteristicsQuick FactsData AcquisitionGalleryVirtual Tour The NTF is a high-pressure, cryogenic, closed-circuit wind tunnel that uses supercold nitrogen gas at high…
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HomeCharacteristicsQuick FactsData AcquisitionGalleryVirtual Tour Speed: Mach 0.08 Reynolds Number: 4 x 106 to 145 x 106 per foot Pressure: 15…
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The Aerosciences Evaluation and Test Capabilities (AETC) portfolio office executes strategic efforts to preserve and enhance research and test capabilities…
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HomeQuick FactsTechniquesCapabilities When process improvement techniques are applied, additional capabilities may be discovered which may in turn unlock additional techniques to further…
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HomeQuick FactsTechniquesCapabilities Since process improvement examines the methodology used for testing, the techniques are aimed more towards methods than towards…
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HomeQuick FactsTechniquesCapabilities Process improvement targets these areas:
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HomeQuick FactsTechniquesCapabilities Test Technology has the capability to provide different forms of information that may come from known flow measurement techniques.…
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HomeQuick FactsTechniquesCapabilities Common means of flow measurement include: These flow measurement techniques may provide information on many different flow characteristics,…
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HomeQuick FactsTechniquesCapabilities Editor’s note: This material is being kept online for historical purposes, but it will no longer be updated. Fundamentally,…
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In ground testing, force measurement systems, typically referred to as “balances,” are state-of-the-art instruments used as the primary measurement device…
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HomeQuick FactsTechniquesCapabilities Common means of flow measurement include: These flow measurement techniques may provide information on many different flow characteristics,…
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HomeQuick FactsTechniquesCapabilities The development of a well-designed vehicle is not limited to measuring the pressures and forces that are induced…
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HomeQuick FactsTechniquesCapabilities Editor’s note: This material is being kept online for historical purposes, but it will no longer be updated. Test…
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HomeQuick FactsTechniquesCapabilitiesGallery NASA’s angle measurement technologies have the capability to present different forms of information that come from known measurement techniques.…