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The sr-71 test bed aircraft: a facility for high-speed flight research
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Palumbo, Nathan Mizukami, Masashi Jones, Daniel Corda, Stephen Monaghan, Richard C. Ray, Ronald J. Moes, Timothy R. Hass, Neal E. Jarvis, Michele L. |
| Copyright Year | 2000 |
| Description | The SR-71 test bed aircraft is shown to be a unique platform to flight-test large experiments to supersonic Mach numbers. The test bed hardware mounted on the SR-71 upper fuselage is described. This test bed hardware is composed of a fairing structure called the "canoe" and a large "reflection plane" flat plate for mounting experiments. Total experiment weights, including the canoe and reflection plane, as heavy as 14,500 lb can be mounted on the aircraft and flight-tested to speeds as fast as Mach 3.2 and altitudes as high as 80,000 ft. A brief description of the SR-71 aircraft is given, including details of the structural modifications to the fuselage, modifications to the J58 engines to provide increased thrust, and the addition of a research instrumentation system. Information is presented based on flight data that describes the SR-71 test bed aerodynamics, stability and control, structural and thermal loads, the canoe internal environment, and reflection plane flow quality. Guidelines for designing SR-71 test bed experiments are also provided. |
| File Size | 2400500 |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2000-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aircraft Design, Testing And Performance Flight Tests Structural Design Supersonic Speed Test Stands Sr-71 Aircraft Fairings Fuselages Aerodynamic Stability Mach Number Loads Forces Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
