Determination of Aircraft Cabin Radiation, Conduction, and Convection Heat Transfer Coefficients

Abstract

To properly design aircraft instruments, avionics, and other equipment, which is installed in aircraft cabin areas, it is necessary to accurately know the cabin temperature environment. Aircraft cabin temperatures vary widely depending on the aircraft operating condition, basic design parameters, and type of environmental control system installed. It is suspected that high aircraft cabin static temperatures may increase aircraft component failure rates, cause equipment to temporarily malfunction, and directly cause equipment failure. However, accurate temperature data for the static environment are not available for many aircraft. To obtain this type of data, USAASTA, with the assistance of the United States Army Air Mobility Research and Development Laboratory Eustis Directorate, has conducted comprehensive static temperature surveys on five first-line United States Army helicopters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0785646

Entities

People

  • Emmett J. Laing

Organizations

  • Edwards Air Force Base

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Temperature
  • Aircraft Cabins
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Army Aircraft
  • Army Aviation
  • Coefficients
  • Environment
  • Environmental Tests
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Solar Radiation
  • Steady State
  • Test Methods
  • United States

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.