Shock Tube and Ballistic Range Facilities at NASA Ames Research Center

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

Shock Tube and Ballistic Range Facilities at NASA Ames Research Center

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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.

Author(s):

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

Author Organization(s):

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION MOFFETT FIELD CA AMES RESEARCH CENTER

Supplementary Note:

See also ADA569031. Aerothermodynamic Design, Review on Ground Testing and CFD (Conception aerothermodynamique, revue sur les essais au sol et dynamique des fluides informatisee). Prepared in cooperation with ELORET, Inc., Moffett Field, CA.

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0025

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:

Approved For Public Release, Nato

Distribution Statement:

Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited. Nato.

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Collection: TR

Identifying Numbers

Monitor Series:

NATO

Subject Terms

Joint Capability Areas:

JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_6.1.1_Wired Transmission; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_1.2.7_Experimentation; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_JCA_4.1.2_Sustain the Force; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution

Communities of Interest:

Weapons Technologies

Descriptor(s):

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

Field(s)/Group(s):

Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods, Thermodynamics

Keyword(s):

NATO FURNISHED, EAST(ELECTRIC ARC SHOCK TUBE), HFFAF(HYPERVELOCITY FREE FLIGHT AERODYNAMIC FACILITY), TPS(THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM)

Report Date:

2010 Apr 01

Creation Date:

2013 Aug 26