The Use of the NRC/NAE Water Facilities in Canadian Aeronautical Research and Development

This paper describes some of the hydrodynamic facilities of the National Research Council in Ottawa and St. John's, Newfoundland. The National Aeronautical Establishment water tunnel, in particular, contributed to the understanding of the aerodynamics of various VSTOL concepts, and complex flow...

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Main Authors: Wickens, R. H., Jeffreys, N. E.
Other Authors: NATIONAL AERONAUTICAL ESTABLISHMENT OTTAWA (ONTARIO) LOW SPEED AERODYNAMICS L AB
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1987
Subjects:
Aerodynamics
Test Facilities
Equipment and Methods
*WATER TUNNELS
FLOW VISUALIZATION
AIRFOILS
PROPELLERS
VORTICES
HYDRODYNAMICS
STALLING
FLOW SEPARATION
CANADA
NATO Furnished
Component Reports
Canada
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADP005887
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADP005887
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Summary:This paper describes some of the hydrodynamic facilities of the National Research Council in Ottawa and St. John's, Newfoundland. The National Aeronautical Establishment water tunnel, in particular, contributed to the understanding of the aerodynamics of various VSTOL concepts, and complex flows containing strong elements of vorticity and unsteadiness. Several projects are described in which fundamental flow observation were made, and from which data was obtained in support of theoretical investigations. The past and future potential of several water facilities of the NRC for pursuing aeronautical and marine research are described. This article is from 'Aerodynamic and Related Hydrodynamic Studies Using Water Facilities, symposium of the Fluid Dynamics Panel' Held in Monterey, California on 20-23 October 1986, AD-A199 357, p7-1-7-20.

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