STUDY OF INSTRUMENTATION AND TECHNIQUES FOR MONITORING VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT ENVIRONMENTS AT HIGH ALTITUDE. INSTRUMENTATION AND MONITORING TECHNIQUES

Abstract

Instrumentation techniques are presented which are available within the state-of-the-art; an instrumentation system is proposed for the monitoring of high-altitude environments encountered by typical vehicles. The high altitude environmental effects on typical vehicles and equipment are summarized. The present airborne-instrumentation state-of-the-art is presented for measuring temperature, pressure, strain, vibration, acceleration, radiation, meteorite detection, and acoustic noise. A feasible instrumentation system is discussed for monitoring these deleterious environments. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0268090

Entities

People

  • B. V. Wacholder
  • E. Fayer

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Detectors
  • Heat Transfer
  • Ionization
  • Ionization Chambers
  • Measurement
  • Piezoelectric Crystals
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Quantum Yields
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Scintillation Counters
  • Telemetry Equipment
  • Transducers

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design