Accession Number:

ADA581911

Title:

Shock Tube and Ballistic Range Facilities at NASA Ames Research Center

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION MOFFETT FIELD CA AMES RESEARCH CENTER

Personal Author(s):

• Grinstead, Jay H.
• Wilder, Michael C.
• Reda, Daniel C.
• Cornelison, Charles J.
• Cruden, Brett A.
• Bogdanoff, David W.

Report Date:

2010-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

25.0

Abstract:

The Electric Arc Shock Tube EAST facility and the Hypervelocity Free Flight Aerodynamic Facility HFFAF at NASA Ames Research Center are described. These facilities have been in operation since the 1960s and have supported many NASA missions and technology development initiatives. The facilities have world-unique capabilities that enable experimental studies of real-gas aerothermal, gas dynamic, and kinetic phenomena of atmospheric entry.

Descriptors:

• *SHOCK TUBES
• *TEST FACILITIES
• *THERMAL SHOCK
• BALLISTICS
• COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
• ELECTRIC ARCS
• ENTHALPY
• FREE FLIGHT
• LAUNCHERS
• RANGES(FACILITIES)

Subject Categories:

• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
• Thermodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE