Determination of Airloads on Certain Airport Towers Due to Addition of Radomes.

Abstract

This report presents the results of wind tunnel tests conducted on three different radome configurations mounted atop three different airport tower designs. The wind tunnel tests were conducted on 1/12th scale models. Field tests were conducted on one full-scale radome and tower configuration and the data compared with the wind tunnel data. The data are useful for comparing the airloads transmitted into an airport-tower roof by the various radomes and for evaluating the effects tower geometry can have on these airloads. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA105854

Entities

People

  • Charles D. Babcock
  • William H. Bettes

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Reduction
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Field Tests
  • Flow Visualization
  • Instrumentation
  • Load Cells
  • Measurement
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Reynolds Number
  • Scale Models
  • Standards
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels
  • Wind Velocity

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management