EAP Publications
Test Capabilities
Read more about progress being made at NASA Glenn’s labs and testbeds that enable comprehensive testing of electrified aircraft propulsion systems and components at various stages of development.
NASA Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT)
NEAT offers megawatt-scale electrified aircraft powertrains testing under simulated flight altitude conditions to enable next-generation hybrid and turboelectric commercial aircraft.
| Title | Author(s) | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Impedance Measurements of Motor Drives and Supplies in NASA NEAT Facility | Dever et al. | 12-16 June, 2023 |
| NASA Electrified Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) | Jankovsky and Haglage | 2020 |
| NASA Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) Single-Aisle Transport Air Vehicle Hybrid Electric Tail-Cone Thruster Powertrain Configuration and Test Results | Dyson | 12-3 July, 2018 |
Advanced Reconfigurable Electrified Aircraft Lab (AREAL)
AREAL is a high-power, direct current testbed designed to investigate electric powertrain architectures and support development of new power standards and verification guidelines for vertical lift vehicles and electrified air transportation.
| Title | Author(s) | Document ID |
|---|---|---|
| NASA Advanced Reconfigurable Electrified Aircraft Laboratory (AREAL) Utilization Equipment (UE) Power Quality Testing | David J. Sadey, Xavier Collazo-Fernandez, Patrick A. Hanlon, Keith R. Hunker, Casey J. Theman, Linda M. Taylor, Paul M. Nowak, Brian P. Malone | AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium 2024 |
| NASA AREAL Testbed and UE Power Quality Testing | David J. Sadey, Xavier Collazo-Fernandez, Patrick A. Hanlon, Keith R. Hunker, Casey J. Theman, Linda M. Taylor, Paul M. Nowak, Brian P. Malone | AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium 2024 |
| Validation of the NASA Electrical Power System – Sizing and Analysis Tool (EPS-SAT) | Patrick A. Hanlon, Brian P. Malone, David J. Sadey, Keith R. Hunker, Casey J. Theman, Xavier Collazo-Fernandez, Trey D. Rupp, Paul M. Nowak | AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium 2024 |
Scaled Power Electrified Drivetrain (SPEED)
SPEED is a low-power, direct current, single-string testbed that helps familiarize engineers with electrified aircraft powertrains, verify operations, and characterize motor and inverter components.
| Title | Author(s) | Document ID |
|---|---|---|
| Impedance Measurements of Motor Drives and Supply in SPEED Testbed | Timothy Dever, Xavier Collazo, Patrick Hanlon, Keith Hunker, David Sadey, Casey Theman, Brian Malone | AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium 2023 |
| NASA Scaled Power Electrified Drivetrain | Patrick Hanlon, David Sadey, Casey Theman, Keith Hunker, Henry Fain, Nuha Nawash, George Thomas, Paul Nowak, Xavier Collazo, Trey Rupp, Brian Malone, Mark Valco | AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium 2023 |
| Numerical Propulsion System Simulation (NPSS) Electrical Modeling Validation | Brian Malone, George Thomas | Propulsion and Power Technical Meeting, 2023 |
Dynamic Spin Rig
The Dynamic Spin Rig enables vibration and structural mode properties testing of rotating aircraft engine systems and components.
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Dynamic Spin Rig Upgraded With a Five Axis-Controlled Three-Magnetic-Bearing Support System With Forward Excitation | Carlos R. Morrison and Oral Mehmed |
| New Dynamic Spin Rig Capabilities Used to Determine Rotating Blade Dynamics | Andrew J. Provenza |
Integrated Cryogenically-Cooled Experiment Box (ICE-Box)
ICE-Box supports cryogenic testing that enables quick, low-cost methods for conducting low-temperature tests on aircraft components.
| Title | Author(s) | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Static Measurements on HTS Coils of Fully Superconducting AC Electric Machines for Aircraft Electric Propulsion System | Choi, Hunker, Hartwig, and Brown | 10 July, 2017 |
| A New Liquid Hydrogen Based Superconducting Test Rig to Measure AC Losses | Hartwig, Fraser, Brown, Koci, Hunker, Bowman, Kohlman, Schrum, and Matten | July, 2018 |
| DC Performance Testing of MgB2 Superconducting Straight Wire Samples | Hartwig, Brown, Choi, Vankeuls, Llanes, and Hall | July, 2022 |
| A New Test Rig to Measure AC Losses of Both Low and High-Tc Superconductors | Hartwig, Fraser, Brown, Koci, Hunker, Bowman, Kohlman, Schrum, and Matten | 1 June, 2019 |
| Assessment of Gaseous Helium Cooling in a Superconducting Coil Test Rig | Brown, Choi, Duffy, Hartwig, Hervol, Passe, and Vankeuls | 31 August, 2023 |
Miscellaneous
Explore general electrified aircraft propulsion testing capabilities.
| Title | Author(s) | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Design and Development of a 200-kW Turbo-electric Distributed Propulsion Testbed | Papathakis | 31 January, 2017 |
