INVESTIGATION OF FUEL QUANTITY MEASURING TECHNIQUES.

Abstract

The objectives of fuel gage design can, and should, be derived by minimizing, with respect to the characteristics of the fuel gage, the over-all cost of any specified operation. The pertinent factors are tactical, structural, aerodynamic, psychological, and chemical in nature. A sample quantitative derivation of a fuel gage design objective is carried through. The pertinent information on fuels, airframes, and the atmosphere, regarded as the environment of a fuel gage is summarized. A classification of fuel-gaging principles is illustrated by roughly 140 new suggestions for fuel gage designs. A collection of techniques and information generally useful in fuel gage design completes the report. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1952
Accession Number
AD0712120

Entities

Organizations

  • RTX

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airframes
  • Atmospheres
  • Classification
  • Environment
  • Fuel Gages
  • Gages

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design