The Impact Dynamics Research Facility (IDRF) is a 240-ft.-high gantry structure located at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The IDRF was originally built in the early 1960's for use as a Lunar Landing Research Facility. As such, the facility was configured to simulate the reduced gravitational environment of the Moon, allowing the Apollo astronauts to practice lunar landings under realistic conditions. In 1985, the IDRF was designated a National Historic Landmark based on its significant contributions to the Apollo Moon Landing Program. In the early 1970's the facility was converted into its current configuration as a full-scale crash test facility for light aircraft and rotorcraft. Since that time, the IDRF has been used to perform a wide variety of impact tests on full-scale aircraft, airframe components, and space vehicles in support of the General Aviation (GA) aircraft industry, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), the rotorcraft industry, and the NASA Space program. The objectives of this paper are twofold: to describe the IDRF facility and its unique capabilities for conducting structural impact testing, and to summarize the impact tests performed at the IDRF in support of the DOD. These tests cover a time period of roughly 2 1/2 decades, beginning in 1975 with the full-scale crash test of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, and ending in 1999 with the external fuel system qualification test of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. NASA officially closed the IDRF in September 2003; consequently, it is important to document the past contributions made in improved human survivability and impact tolerance through DOD-sponsored research performed at the IDRF.


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    Titel :

    A Summary of DOD-Sponsored Research Performed at NASA Langley's Impact Dynamics Research Facility


    Beteiligte:

    Kongress:

    AHS international 60th Annual Forum and Technology Display ; 2004 ; Baltimore, MD, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2004-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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    Summary of DOD-Sponsored Research Performed at NASA Langley's Impact Dynamics Research Facility

    K. E. Jackson / R. L. Boitnott / E. L. Fasanella et al. | NTIS | 2004


    A Summary of DOD-Sponsored Research Performed at NASA Langley's Impact Dynamics Research Facility

    Jackson, Karen E. / Boitnott, Richard L. / Fasanella, Edwin L. et al. | NTRS | 2004