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 	Infrared camera image of an airfoil equipped with an anti-icing system.
Temperature-Sensitive Paint on rotating fan blades.
Surface temperature data of rotating blades at takeoff

Test Technology: Temperature Measurement

Temperature measurements are necessary to develop the design characteristics that are needed for vehicle heating (surface or internal), and to maintain correct air flow conditions.

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Focus Areas and Capabilities

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Temperature-Sensitive Paint on rotating fan blades.

Quick Facts

The 9'x15' Low Speed Wind Tunnel provides customers with a facility capable of testing large scale aeropropulsion hardware.

Temperature-Sensitive Paint of airfoil leading edge with projections (simulated ice using beads)

Techniques

These techniques address different types of instrumentation for carrying out pressure measurements.

TSP used on flexible materials in a cyclic load test

Capabilities

Different forms of information may come from known measurement techniques.

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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Open-rotor Propulsion Rig, painted with Pressure-Sensitive Paint (PSP) and ready for testing.
Open-rotor Propulsion Rig, painted with Pressure-Sensitive Paint (PSP) and ready for testing.