Wind Tunnel Test Techniques: Design and Use at Low and High Speeds with Statistical Engineering Applications

by Colin Britcher, Drew Landman

Overview

Wind Tunnel Test Techniques: Design and Use at Low and High Speeds with Statistical Engineering Applications provides an up-to-date treatment of the topic. Beginning with a brief history of wind tunnels and its types and uses, the book goes on to cover subsonic, supersonic and hypersonic wind tunnel design and construction, calibration, boundary corrections, flow quality assessment, pressure surveys, and dynamic testing. It also focuses on wind tunnel facilities, making it useful for both the designer and operator. Engineers and graduate students in aerospace, automotive and similar programs will find this book useful in their work with experimental aerodynamics, gas dynamics, facility design and performance. - Deals with a broad range of flow speeds in wind tunnels, from low speed to high speed - Provides a discussion of similarity laws as well as material on statistical analysis - Includes coverage on facility-to-facility and facility-to-CFD correlation - Presents advanced topics such as cryogenic wind tunnels, ground simulation in automotive testing, and propulsion testing

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128181003
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	10/20/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1000
File size:	56 MB
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About the Author

Associate Chair, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USADr. Britcher has more than 40 years' experience in wind tunnel design and test techniques, starting as an undergraduate student. He has worked with a variety of facilities and applications, covering all speed ranges, including several NASA-funded projects.Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA Dr. Landman has more than 35 years' experience on wind tunnel design, with an emphasis on experiment design and balance calibration. He was responsible for operations and test support of the "Langley Full-Scale Tunnel", the largest University operated wind tunnel in the world, prior to its decommissioning by NASA.
Associate Chair, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USADr. Britcher has more than 40 years’ experience in wind tunnel design and test techniques, starting as an undergraduate student. He has worked with a variety of facilities and applications, covering all speed ranges, including several NASA-funded projects.
Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA Dr. Landman has more than 35 years’ experience on wind tunnel design, with an emphasis on experiment design and balance calibration. He was responsible for operations and test support of the "Langley Full-Scale Tunnel", the largest University operated wind tunnel in the world, prior to its decommissioning by NASA.

Table of Contents

SECTION 1 Introduction1. A brief history of the genesis of wind tunnels2. Types and uses of wind tunnels3. Dynamic similarity SECTION 2 Wind tunnel design and circuit aerodynamics4. Subsonic wind tunnel design5. Boundary interference assessment, alleviation, and correction6. Model supports and support interference evaluation7. Transonic wind tunnels8. Supersonic wind tunnels9. Hypersonic test facilities10. Force and Moment Balances11. Model design and construction12. Special topics SECTION 3 Operational and Test Procedures13. Statistical Engineering Practices14. Wind tunnel calibration15. Flow quality assessment16. Force and moment measurements17. Facility instrumentation18. Planning of Test Campaigns SECTION 4 Wind tunnel test techniques19. Pressure surveys20. Dynamic testing21. Facility-to-facility, facility-to-CFD, facility-to-flight correlation SECTION 5 Measurement Techniques22. Flow visualization23. Nonintrusive quantitative flow field measurements SECTION 6 Postscript24. The role of CFD in aerodynamic research25. The future of ground testing SECTION 7 APPENDICESA. A primer on statistical engineeringB. Strain-gage balance calibration example

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Covers the entire velocity range for low-speed and high-speed wind tunnel testing