Low-Speed Wind Tunnel TestingA revision of the standard book in the field of wind tunnel work. Updated to include the new electronic instrumentation and digital computers now in common use. Covers tunnel design, calibration, and the interfacing of computers and instrumentation. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Wind Tunnel | 10 |
Wind Tunnel Design | 37 |
Copyright | |
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aerodynamic aerodynamic center aileron aircraft airfoil airplane angle of attack axis blade blockage boundary layer C₁ calibration centerline chord circuit CL max deflection determine diameter diffuser downwash drag drag coefficient dynamic pressure effect engine factor FIGURE flaps flight full-scale gages increase laminar lift coefficient lift curve load Mach number manometer measured method motor mounted nacelle NASA obtained Open pitching pitching moment pitot-static tube plane plot problem propeller reduce Reynolds number rotation rotor screens shown in Fig side force simulated Single Closed slope span speed stability stall static pressure strut surface tare and interference test section test-section tion tip speed ratio transducer trip strip tube tufts tunnel walls turbulence two-dimensional upflow usually V/STOL values vanes velocity vortex wake wall corrections wind tunnel wing wire zero