Multichannel Detection Systems Available for Flow Diagnostics at AEDC (Arnold Engineering Development Center)

Abstract

With escalating aerospace ground testing costs, it has become imperative to reduce test duration and yet maintain the quantity and quality of test data. because many of the non-perturbing flow diagnostic techniques developed at AEDC require a measurement of either induced or spontaneous emitted radiation, data acquisition time can be reduced if the spatial, spectral, and temporal variations of the radiation can be measured simultaneously. To achieve this reduction in data acquisition time, AEDC personnel have developed two multichannel radiation detection systems. The details of these two systems and an assessment of their capabilities are presented, and recommendations for improvements are made.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA132302

Entities

People

  • H. M. Powell
  • J. H. Jones
  • R. L. Mcguire
  • W. D. Williams

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Circuit Boards
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Couplings
  • Data Acquisition
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Measurement
  • Microchannel Plates
  • Midrange Computers
  • Optics
  • Photomultiplier Tubes
  • Quantum Efficiency
  • Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster