Title
Conical Probe Calibration and Wind Tunnel Data Analysis of the Channeled Centerbody Inlet Experiment
College - Author 1
College of Engineering
Department - Author 1
Aerospace Engineering Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Aerospace Engineering
Date
Spring 2011
Primary Advisor
Mike Frederick
Additional Advisors
Eric Mehiel, College of Engineering, Aerospace Engineering Department
Abstract/Summary
For a multi-hole test probe undergoing wind tunnel tests, the resulting data needs to be analyzed for any significant trends. These trends include relating the pressure distributions, the geometric orientation, and the local velocity vector to one another. However, experimental runs always involve some sort of error. As a result, a calibration procedure is required to compensate for this error. For this case, it is the misalignment bias angles resulting from the distortion associated with the angularity of the test probe or the local velocity vector. Through a series of calibration steps presented here, the angular biases are determined and removed from the data sets. By removing the misalignment, smoother pressure distributions contribute to more accurate experimental results, which in turn could be then compared to theoretical and actual in-flight results to derive any similarities. Error analyses will also be performed to verify the accuracy of the calibration error reduction. The resulting calibrated data will be implemented into an in-flight RTF script that will output critical flight parameters during future CCIE experimental test runs. All of these tasks are associated with and in contribution to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center’s F-15B Research Testbed’s Small Business Innovation Research of the Channeled Centerbody Inlet Experiment.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/aerosp/44