Ballistic/Aerodynamics Research System (BARS) Facility

Abstract

This report describes the equipment, test capabilities and support facilities of the Ballistic/Aerodynamics Research System (BARS) Facility. The Facility consists of a 28 by 40 inch subsonic wind tunnel, a series of six compressed air guns used to launch aerodynamic models for investigation, a 6.7 inch smooth bore powder gun for launching high velocity/high weight test items, a 30mm smooth bore powder gun, and instrumented 250 ft yaw card range, a vertical air jet, and a pylon/rack ejection test stand. Electronic instrumentation is available for signal conditioning, monitoring, and recording purposes. An automatic digital data acquisition system processes data from the wind tunnel and can also be utilized on any of the other test systems. A small machine shop and electronics workshop are available for model and instrumentation fabrication and equipment repair and modification.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0918833

Entities

People

  • Paul C. Mayer

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Guns
  • Ballistics
  • Cameras
  • Compressed Air
  • Fuel Air Explosives
  • Materials Processing
  • Measurement
  • Photography
  • Subsonic Wind Tunnels
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Facilities
  • Test Stands
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Software Engineering
  • ballistics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems