Operations Manual for the AFFDL Doppler Radar and Antenna Positioning System.

摘要

The experimental doppler radar and antenna positioning system was developed by Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc., (CAL) for the U.S. Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory (AFFDL), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, under Contract No. F33615-69-C-1018. The radar and antenna positioning system is intended for use as a diagnostic instrument for measuring gas flow velocity in the AFFDL 50-Megawatt Electrogasdynamics Facility, and for investigating radar backscatter characteristics of the hypersonic flow with variations in arc heater input parameters. The equipment is installed in the facility test chamber and control room. The equipment is separated functionally into two assemblies: (1) the radar system for measuring flow characteristics, and (2) the antenna positioning system for remotely setting the location where the gas flow characteristics are measured.