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The 9x15 has supported Ultra-Efficient Engine Technology (UEET), Quiet Aircraft Technology (QAT), Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engine, Joint Strike Fighter and the Advanced Tactical Fighter.
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The
9'x15' Low Speed Wind Tunnel provides customers with a facility
capable of testing large scale aeropropulsion hardware.
Characteristics
and Performance
- Test Section Size: 9 ft high by 15 ft wide by 28 ft long
- Mach
Number Range: 0 to 0.2 (0 to 175 mph)
- Relative
Altitude: ambient
- Reynolds
Number: 0 to 1.4x106/ft
- Dynamic Pressure: 0 -to 72 psf
- Stagnation
Pressure: atmospheric
- Temperature:
ambient - 550 °R
- Acoustic
frequency cutoff: <250 Hz
- The tunnel can conduct propulsion tests with hydrogen fuel
Tunnel
Support Systems
- Air:
40, 150, and 450 psig
- Service
Air: 125 psig
- Combustion
Air Heater: 15 pps at up to 1,000 °F and 25 pps at up to 530 °F
- Exhaust:
16-in. line at 20 and 26 in. of Hg
- High-Pressure Air (2600 psig) Storage: 981,000 scf
- GH2 Fuel
System: 1.0 pps at 2,200 psig from 70,000 scf trailers
- Model
Cooling: Available
- Model
Hydraulics: 15 gpm at 3,000 psig
- Fan
Drive Rigs: 1,000, 2,000, and 5,000 SHP
Model
Support Systems
- Dynamic
Actuation System: A high speed model support and actuation system
to provide realistic simulations of STOVL aircraft takeoff and
rolling landings
- Rotor
Alone Nacelle System: Side wall mounted test capability to enable
isolation of fan alone noise by elimination of outlet guide vanes
- Model
Integrated Support System (MISS) - A ceiling strut with high-pressure
air and exhaust lines and 4 degrees of freedom: pitch, yaw, roll,
and height
- Turntables:
Floor mount model support systems with high-pressure and exhaust
capability
- Jet
Exit Rig: Ceiling mounted strut with hot gas capabilities for
nozzle research
Model
Data and Control System Capabilities
Pressure
Systems
• 1024 channel pressure measurement system
• Real-time data transfer and display to ESCORT
• Online calibration
• Pressure ranges from ± 2.5 psi to 500 psi
• Accuracy ± 0.05% of range
Data System - ESCORT
• 256 analog steady state channels
• Accuracy ± 0.05 percent of range
• Once per second update rate of all channels
• Acquires 1024 parameters from system per second
• Real-time display of calculations and parameters
• High resolution graphics and display pages
• X-window based system
• Self contained in facility control room
• Off-site access to data
Dynamic Data System
• 256 channel VME based transient acquisition system
• Sample and hold per channel
• Anti-aliasing filter amplifier (132 dB/Oct) per channel
• Online graphics and calculation
• Networked PC workstation for runtime analysis
• Off-site access to data
Flow Visualization
• Pressure sensitive paint
• Sheet laser
• Oil flow visualization
• High speed video - up to 1000 full screen frames/s
Test Article Controls
• Digital model control system with graphical interface
Remote Access Control Room
• Automated test article sequencing system
• Real-time remote access to all data
• Video conferencing in real time
• Workstations supplied for remote site
• Secure network connections provided
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