Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference on Environmental Effects on Aircraft and Propulsion Systems, September 19-20, 1963

摘要

Contents: Free water at high altitudes; Meteorological variables measured by USAF jet aircraft in support of the 1963 national severe storm project; Techniques and equipment for simulating high velocity passage of a vehicle through rain; Raindrop-size studies; Effect of water ingestion on J79-GE-8 altitude performance; Water ingestion capabilities of Lycoming T53 and T-55 gas turbine engines; Turboshaft engine icing test at AEL; Further remarks on the use of the Ko correlation in icing preliminary design; Ice detection and control system for turbine engines and airframe systems; Tests of the united control ice detection and control system at the U. S. Naval Air Turbine Test Station (NATTS); Some experiences in artificial icing; A summary of aircraft icing criteria; VTOL operational problems due to downwash effects; and Environmental experiments for electric propulsion systems in outer space.