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Imagine trying to photograph wind. That’s similar to what NASA engineers dealt with during a recent effort to study how…
When flying in certain weather conditions, tiny freezing water droplets floating in the air can pose a risk to aircraft.…
NASA’s Dragonfly mission has cleared several key design, development and testing milestones and remains on track toward launch in July…
Many of us grew up using paint-by-number sets to create beautiful color pictures. For years now, NASA engineers studying aircraft…
NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project recently concluded wind tunnel tests of its X-66 semi-span model in partnership with Boeing.…
Elton W. Miller, chief of aerodynamics at what is now NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, stands in the…
At NASA, each project has milestones to ensure everything stays on track. The agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project recently…
On Sept. 13, 1944, researchers subjected a Bell P-39L Airacobra to frigid temperatures and a freezing water spray in the…
NASA and its international partners are using the same generically shaped wing design to create physical and digital research models…
HomeCharacteristicsQuick FactsData AcquisitionGalleryVirtual Tour Data Acquisition and Processing Inputs: Analog, digital and electronically scanned pressure (ESP) system. Controller: Open Architecture…
HomeCharacteristicsQuick FactsData AcquisitionGalleryVirtual Tour This facility assesses conventional performance for low-speed tests of powered and unpowered models of various fixed-…
HomeCharacteristicsQuick FactsData AcquisitionGalleryVirtual Tour Speed: 348 feet per second Reynolds Number: 0 to 2.2 x 106 per foot Pressure: Atmospheric…
Curtis Flack (left) and Paul von Hardenberg inspect the ice formation on the spinner of an Advanced Air Mobility proprotor…
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HomeCharacteristicsFacility BenefitsFacility ApplicationsData AcquisitionGallery Facility Applications 20-Foot Vertical Spin Tunnel Fact Sheet Subsonic Facilities
HomeCharacteristicsFacility BenefitsFacility ApplicationsData AcquisitionGallery Data Acquisition and Processing 20-Foot Vertical Spin Tunnel Fact Sheet Subsonic Facilities
Maneuvering aircraft may encounter a dangerous condition known as spin, caused by a sudden loss of lift over wings or…
NASA’s aeronautical innovators are using the most modern research tools available, including 3D printing, to generate new data that will…
NASA Glenn’s 9-by 15-Low-Speed Wind Tunnel (9 x 15 LSWT) has just completed a series of acoustic improvements that has…
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The 4-Foot Supersonic Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel (UPWT) is a closed-circuit, continuous-flow, variable-density supersonic tunnel with two 4- by 4-…
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National Transonic Facility (NTF) Quick Facts HomeCharacteristicsQuick FactsData AcquisitionGalleryVirtual Tour The NTF is a high-pressure, cryogenic, closed-circuit wind tunnel that…
HomeCharacteristicsQuick FactsData AcquisitionGalleryVirtual Tour Speed: Mach 0.08 Reynolds Number: 4 x 106 to 145 x 106 per foot Pressure: 15…
The Aerosciences Evaluation and Test Capabilities (AETC) portfolio office executes strategic efforts to preserve and enhance research and test capabilities…
HomeQuick FactsTechniquesCapabilities When process improvement techniques are applied, additional capabilities may be discovered which may in turn unlock additional techniques to further…
HomeQuick FactsTechniquesCapabilities Since process improvement examines the methodology used for testing, the techniques are aimed more towards methods than towards…
HomeQuick FactsTechniquesCapabilities Process improvement targets these areas:
