타이틀 |
THE SR-71 TEST BED AIRCRAFT: A FACILITY FOR HIGH-SPEED FLIGHT RESEARCH |
저자 |
Stephen Corda, Timothy R. Moes, Masashi Mizukami, Neal E. Hass, Daniel Jones, Richard C. Monaghan, Ronald J. Ray, Michele L. Jarvis and Nathan Palumbo |
Keyword |
Flight test; SR-71 aerodynamics; SR-71 aircraft; SR-71 stability and control; SR-71 upper fuselage flow field; Test bed aircraft. |
URL |
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/DTRS/2000/PDF/H-2405.pdf |
보고서번호 |
NASA-TP-2000-209023 |
발행년도 |
2000 |
출처 |
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center |
ABSTRACT |
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 밹anoe?and a large 뱑eflection 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.
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