Collaborative Research Supporting FAA Fire Safety Mission Through FAA-Rutgers Graduate Assistant Program

The purpose of this research is to improve the measurement capabilities of the airflow induction facility at the Federal Highway Administration (FAA) Tech Center which will be divided into three parts as follows: (1) automate the velocity, pressure and temperature readings during wind tunnel operations; (2) add additional instruments to the wind tunnel, including setting up the PIV system, to further improve its diagnostic capabilities and characterize the flow in the tunnel, and; (3) study the boundary layer over a wing section to characterize the convective cooling of wing tanks for possible modeling.

• Record URL:
  http://www.tc.faa.gov/logistics/grants/doc/09-G-020.doc

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $476444.00
• Contract Numbers:

  2009-G-020

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City International Airport
  Atlantic City, NJ  United States  08405
• Project Managers:

  Ochs, Robert

• Performing Organizations:

  Rutgers University, New Brunswick

  New Brunswick, NJ  United States  08901
• Principal Investigators:

  Garias, Francisco

• Start Date: 20090302
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20100301
• Source Data: RiP Project 33975

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Graduate study; Pressure; Temperature control; Velocity; Wind tunnels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Airflow dynamics; Fire safety
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Construction; Education and Training;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01477976
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 2009-G-020
• Files: RiP
• Created Date: Apr 13 2013 1:00AM