Wind Tunnel and Propulsion Test Facilities Supporting Analyses to an Assessment of NASA's Capabilities to Serve National Needs

by Anton, Philip S.

• ISBN13: 9780833036421
• ISBN10: 0833036424
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-01
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

Provides detailed analyses of the nation's aeronautic testing needs and the effectiveness of and management issues for, NASA's major wind tunnel and test propulsion facilities in serving those needs.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
National wind tunnel and propulsion test facility needs and NASA's primary facilities serving these needs	p. 9
Subsonic wind tunnels	p. 33
Transonic wind tunnels	p. 51
Supersonic wind tunnels	p. 63
Hypersonic wind tunnels	p. 71
Hypersonic propulsion integration test facilities	p. 77
Direct-connect propulsion test facilities	p. 85
U.S. test facilities	p. 99
Foreign test facilities	p. 107
Construction times and costs for major test facilities	p. 131
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