The SES Lift Fan Evaluation Rig.

Abstract

A test rig for the experimental evaluation of Surface Effect Ship (SES) lift fan models has been designed, fabricated, and integrated into one of the 8- by 10-foot subsonic wind tunnels at the David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center (DTNSRDC). Centrifugal and axial flow lift fan characteristics have been investigated under steady state as well as time-varying flow rate conditions. Fans of about 2 feet in diameter (or less) and up to 150 hp can be handled on the rig. Instrumentation includes transducers to measure pressure, power, and efficiency. Association with the rig is a digital data acquisition system capable of sampling data at rates of up to 12 KHZ. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA046819

Entities

People

  • David W Taylor
  • John M. Durkin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Atmospheres
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Reduction
  • Digital Data
  • Dynamic Tests
  • Engineering
  • Flow Rate
  • Frequency
  • Hypervelocity Flow
  • Instrumentation
  • Lift Fans
  • Measurement
  • Subsonic Wind Tunnels
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transducers
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.