Special Course on Advances in Cryogenic Wind Tunnel Technology (Les Avancees en Technologie des Souffleries Cryogeniques).

Abstract

Lecture notes for the AGARD Fluid Dynamics Panel (FDP) Special Course on 'Advances in Cryogenic Wind Tunnel Technology' have been assembled in this report. Subjects included cryogenic systems, thermal insulation, facility and model design and construction, strain-gage balances, pressure instrumentation, flow visualization, data accuracy, safety, and productivity. In addition, there were reports on various operational cryogenic facilities. The material assembled in this report was prepared under the combined sponsorship of the AGARD Fluid Dynamics Panel, the Consultant and Exchange Program of AGARD, and the von Karman Institute (VKI) for Fluid Dynamics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA321905

Entities

Organizations

  • AGARD

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemistry
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thermodynamics
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) EDI Research and Innovation.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics