Oil-film skin-friction meter for both flight and wind-tunnel applications uses internal reflection and is self-contained, compact unit. Contained in palm-sized housing, in which source of light, mirrors, and sensor mounted rigidly in alignment. Entire unit mounted rigidly under skin of aircraft or wind tunnel, eliminating any relative vibration between optical elements and skin of aircraft or wind tunnel. Meter primarily applicable to flight and wind-tunnel tests, also used in chemical-processing plants.
Reflection-Type Oil-Film Skin-Friction Meter
NASA Tech Briefs ; 17 , 8
1993-08-01
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Luminescent Oil-Film Skin-Friction Meter
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NTRS | 1988
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