Design and Flight Test of a Weapons-Cavity Acoustics and Separation Test Bed

Abstract

This thesis presents the conceptual development, design, ground test, and flight test of the Weapons-cavity Acoustics Store Separation Pod (WASSP). The WASSP was a modified SUU-41 pod (suspended utility unit) instrumented to collect forces and accelerations on a scaled model missile as well as acoustic pressures and qualitative flow field imaging from within a scaled weapons-cavity. This research was comprised of seven test missions in the F-16 Fighting Falcon totaling 6.9 flight hours. All flight testing occurred at Edwards Air Force Base from 8-15 September 2015. Data were recorded at 2000 Hz and test points were flown at altitudes of 10,000,15,000, 20,000, 25,000, and 29,000 feet pressure altitude and airspeeds of 0.60, 0.70, 0.80, 0.90, and 0.93 Mach.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 24, 2016
Accession Number
AD1054194

Entities

People

  • Zachary Probst

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acoustic Frequencies
  • Acoustics
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Bombs
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cameras
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Control Systems
  • Engineering
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Measurement
  • Munitions
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Standing Waves
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Beds
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.