Dynamic Testing with the NSWC Three-Degree-of-Freedom Gas Bearing

Abstract

This report presents the design, construction and operational procedures of the NSWC Three-Degree-of-Freedom Gas Bearing. The data reduction technique that is used with angular measurements from this support is developed and applied to measured wind tunnel data. These wind tunnel data were obtained from non-ablating and ablating models undergoing dynamic motion in the NSWC hypersonic Wind Tunnel. Test results are compared with earlier experiments with dynamic ablating models and theoretical speculations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 08, 1982
Accession Number
ADA120828

Entities

People

  • F. J. Regan

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Motion
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Differential Equations
  • Engineering
  • Gas Bearings
  • Hypersonic Wind Tunnels
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Sideslip
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • War Colleges
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow