Test Technology: Process Improvement
It is important to improve the accuracy and range of data that can be developed, but it is also important to assist researchers by finding new experiment methodology that can save time or generally increase the effectiveness of testing. This includes improving testing setups and processes by implementing new techniques and technologies.
Focus Areas and Capabilities
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Quick Facts
Process improvement targets these areas: Design of Experiments (DOE), Model prep and, Data processing.
Techniques
Since process improvement examines the methodology used for testing, the techniques are aimed more towards methods than towards particular instrumentation.
Capabilities
When process improvement techniques are applied, additional capabilities may be discovered which may in turn unlock additional techniques to further improve the testing process.
Process Improvement Gallery
AETC Test Technologies
Test Technology supports ATP by keeping NASA’s research test facilities and flight assets moving into the future.
As the world’s technologies continue to improve and research requirements become more demanding, Test Technology provides new and improved capabilities for measuring pressure, temperature, angle, strain, and air flow.
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AETC Ground Facilities
AETC sets the strategic direction for NASA’s versatile and comprehensive portfolio of ground test aeronautics research capabilities.
Among these assets are subsonic, transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic wind tunnels and propulsion test facilities at Ames Research Center, Glenn Research Center, and Langley Research Center.
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AETC
Aerosciences Evaluation and Test Capabilities (AETC) Portfolio Office
The AETC Portfolio Office executes strategic efforts to preserve and enhance research and test capabilities for NASA’s world-class portfolio of National Wind Tunnel facilities.
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