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Inlet Flow Characteristics During Rapid Maneuvers for an F/A-18A AirplaneThe F404-GE-400 engine powered F/A-18A High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) was used to examine the characteristics of inlet airflow during rapid aircraft maneuvers. A study of the degree of similarity between inlet data obtained during rapid aircraft maneuvers and inlet data obtained at steady aerodynamic attitudes was conducted at the maximum engine airflow of approximately 145 Ibm/sec using a computer model that was generated from inlet data obtained during steady aerodynamic maneuvers. Results show that rapid-maneuver inlet recoveries agreed very well with the recoveries obtained at equivalent stabilized angle-of-attack conditions. The peak dynamic circumferential distortion values obtained during rapid maneuvers agreed within 0.01 units of distortion over the 10 - 38 degree angle of attack range with the values obtained during steady aerodynamic maneuvers while similar agreement was found for the peak dynamic radial distortion values up to 29 degrees angle-of-attack. Exceedences of the rapid-maneuver peak dynamic circumferential distortion values relative to the peak distortion model values at steady attitudes occurred only at low or negative angles of attack and were inconsequential from an engine-stability assessment point of view. The results of this study validate the current industry practice of testing at steady aerodynamic conditions to characterize inlet recovery and peak dynamic distortion levels.
Document ID
19990107334
Acquisition Source
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Steenken, William G.
(General Electric Co. Cincinnati, OH United States)
Williams, John G.
(General Electric Co. Cincinnati, OH United States)
Walsh, Kevin R.
(NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Edwards, CA United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1999
Subject Category
Aircraft Propulsion And Power
Report/Patent Number
NASA/TM-1999-206587
NAS 1.15:206587
H-2371
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 505-68-30
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS3-26617
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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