Joint US / Russia TU-144 engine ground tests / Waldo A. Acosta [and four others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Acosta, Waldo A., author.

Contributor:

Lewis Research Center, issuing body.

U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Series:

NASA technical memorandum ; 107516.

ARL-TR (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.) ; 1390.

NASA TM ; 107516

ARL-TR ; 1390

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airplanes--Motors.

Airplanes.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (39 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Joint United States Russia TU-144 engine ground tests

Place of Publication:

Cleveland, Ohio : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lewis Research Center : U.S. Army Research Laboratory, June 1997.

Summary:

Two engine research experiments were recently completed in Moscow, Russia using an engine from the Tu-144 supersonic transport airplane. This was a joint project between the United States and Russia. Personnel from the NASA Lewis Research Center, General Electric Aircraft Engines, Pratt & Whitney, the Tupolev Design Bureau, and IBP Aircraft LTD worked together as a team to overcome the many technical and cultural challenges. The objective was to obtain large scale inlet data that could be used in the development of a supersonic inlet system for a future High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT). The first experiment studied the impact of typical inlet structures that have trailing edges in close proximity to the inlet/engine interface plane on the flow characteristics at that plane. The inlet structure simulated the subsonic diffuser of a supersonic inlet using a bifurcated splitter design. The centerbody maximum diameter was designed to permit choking and slightly supercritical operation. The second experiment measured the reflective characteristics of the engine face to incoming perturbations of pressure amplitude. The basic test rig from the first experiment was used with a longer spacer equipped with fast actuated doors. All the objectives set forth at the beginning of the project were met.

Notes:

"June 1997"--Report documentation page

"Performing organization: NASA Lewis Research Center and U.S. Army Research Laboratory"--Report documentation page

Includes bibliographical references (page 7).

Online resource; title from PDF title page (NASA, viewed October 11, 2016).

Other Format:

Print version: Joint US/Russia TU-144 Engine Ground Tests

Microfiche version: Joint US/Russia TU-144 engine ground tests

OCLC:

227854637