Some Analytical and Experimental Studies of Laminar Proportional Amplifiers

Abstract

This report presents the results of an analytical and experimental investigation of a pressure-controlled proportional amplifier which operates with a supply jet in the laminar flow regime. A mathematical model is developed which may be used for the prediction of the supply characteristics, input characteristics for three types of input signals, transfer characteristics, and output characteristics of the amplifier. Acceptable agreement is found to exist between theory and experimental data although theory predicts a slightly greater aspect ratio dependency than the data indicate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA030673

Entities

People

  • Gary V. Smith
  • J. L. Shearer

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Aspect Ratio
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Experimental Data
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluidic Amplifiers
  • Fluidics
  • Laminar Flow
  • Layers
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics
  • Military Research
  • Reynolds Number
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.