DESCRIPTION AND CAPABILITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL TEST FACILITIES AT THE AERONAUTICAL STRUCTURES LABORATORY

Abstract

CA SIMULATE T E ENVIRONMENTS SIMULTANEOUSLY EXCEPT FOR ACOUSTIC NOISE H F CILITY FOR W IC IS EPAR T FIELD SITE. Th power available for hea ing t st is 4 0 0 kv-a continuou a d 8 00 kv- for 3 minutes. This power is capable of he i g areas from 25 to 1 00 s uare fe t for respective heating rates of 200 to 5 Btu/s ftsec. Automatic co rol of i po er for heating t s s is acco plis ed by 64 channels of control equipme t. Other quipment t at can be au omatically controlle inclu es a re on nc -follo r vibration system an a port ble temper ture ch mb r, hich is capable of teady-st te temp ratures up to 1,200 F a d which can be used with eith r he 5-million-pound or 0.6-million-pou d testing machine. The acoustic-noi e facili y is a fi ld site wit a si gl jet ngine and a sociate acoustic accessories (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 12, 1962
Accession Number
AD0285168

Entities

People

  • R.j. Molella

Organizations

  • Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Environment
  • Environmental Tests
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Observatories
  • Research Facilities
  • Test Facilities
  • Vibration

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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