Wind Tunnel and Laboratory Calibration of Balloon-borne Wind Sensors
Author | : J. H. Brown |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1981 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015095141639 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Wind Tunnel and Laboratory Calibration of Balloon-borne Wind Sensors written by J. H. Brown and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two-low speed wind sensors have been calibrated for measuring the wind speed at an instrument suspended below stratospheric balloons. The low Reynolds number environment was duplicated at the NASA/Ames low-speed MARSWIT wind-tunnel facility, and in a laboratory bell jar. The two new instruments are the time-of-flight instrument that measures the motion of an ion cloud through an open pipe, and the corona anemometer that measures the displacement of an ion beam transversing the air-stream flowing between two plates. The calibrations consist of placing the instruments in a flow stream, and relating the instrument output to the flow-stream velocity. The laboratory calibration is easy to conduct, but is limited to a measurement of internal flow velocity. The wind-tunnel calibration is performed to relate laboratory calibration to freestream conditions. (Author).