The report reviewed the proposed National Transonic Facility (NTF) operational plan, particularly those procedures aimed at insuring the facility's most efficient use for research and development purposes by all elements of the user community. The new NTF, the latest addition to the existing National Unitary Wind Tunnel Plan, will provide an aerodynamic test capability significantly exceeding that of other transonic regime wind tunnels now available. The committee endorsed the proposed use of the NTF by the Department of Defense (DoD) in new systems development and by the aircraft industry in civil aircraft development. The committee also suggested a limited number of academic research programs that might use the NTF, some of which may be funded by NASA. In general, the committee concluded that the NTF operational plan is a good one and will benefit the user community and the nation through use of the latest management, technical, instrumentation, and model building techniques available in the specialized field of aerodynamic analysis and simulation. Another important suggestion was that NASA hold an annual conference to discuss wind tunnel research results and to report on new developments that will further improve the utilization and cost effectiveness of the NTF and other wind tunnels.


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    Titel :

    National Transonic Facility: A Review of the Operational Plan


    Beteiligte:
    H. W. Liepmann (Autor:in) / R. E. Black (Autor:in) / R. O. Dietz (Autor:in) / M. E. Kirchner (Autor:in) / W. R. Sears (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1980


    Format / Umfang :

    25 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch