A new boundary-layer rake has been designed and built for flight testing on the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center F-15B/Flight Test Fixture. A feature unique to this rake is its curved body, which allows pitot tubes to be more densely clustered in the near-wall region than conventional rakes allow. This curved rake design has a complex three-dimensional shape that requires innovative solid-modeling and machining techniques. Finite-element stress analysis of the new design shows high factors of safety. Aerodynamic evaluation of the rake has been conducted int he NASA Glenn Research Center 8 x6 Supersonic Wind Tunnel at Mach 0-2.
Design and Evaluation of a New Boundary-Layer Rake for Flight Testing
2000
21 pages
Report
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English
Design and Evaluation of a New Boundary-Layer Rake for Flight Testing
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2000
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