This paper is a description and status report on the implementation and application of the WICS wall interference method to the National Transonic Facility (NTF) and the 14 x 22-ft subsonic wind tunnel at the NASA Langley Research Center. The method calculates free-air corrections to the measured parameters and aerodynamic coefficients for full span and semispan models when the tunnels are in the solid-wall configuration. From a data quality point of view, these corrections remove predictable bias errors in the measurement due to the presence of the tunnel walls. At the NTF, the method is operational in the off-line and on-line modes, with three tests already computed for wall corrections. At the 14 x 22-ft tunnel, initial implementation has been done based on a test on a full span wing. This facility is currently scheduled for an upgrade to its wall pressure measurement system. With the addition of new wall orifices and other instrumentation upgrades, a significant improvement in the wall correction accuracy is expected.


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    Titel :

    Application of Pressure-Based Wall Correction Methods to Two NASA Langley Wind Tunnels


    Beteiligte:
    Iyer, V. (Autor:in) / Everhart, J. L. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    19th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference ; 2001 ; Anaheim, CA, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2001-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Preprint


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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