0TEH 2014

6th International Scientific Conference on Defensive Technologies

       

 

REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

www.mod.gov.rs

 

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Material Resources Sector

Defensive Technologies Department

Military Technical Institute

www.vti.mod.gov.rs

 

 

EVALUATION OF STING DESIGN WITH INCREASED STIFFNESS FOR THE T-38 WIND TUNNEL

 

DUŠAN ĆURČIĆ

Military Technical Institute, Belgrade, Serbia, dusan.curcic@vti.vs.rs

MARIJA SAMARDŽIĆ

Military Technical Institute, Belgrade, Serbia, majasam@ptt.rs

ZORAN ANASTASIJEVIĆ

Military Technical Institute, Belgrade, Serbia,  anastaz@eunet.rs

ZORAN RAJIĆ

Military Technical Institute, Belgrade, Serbia, vti@vti.vs.rs

HABIB BELAIDOUNI

Military Technical Institute, Belgrade, Serbia, vti@vti.vs.rs

 

Abstract: The T-38 test facility is a blowdown-type pressurized wind tunnel. Large transient loads during starting and stoping wind tunnel running on high Mach numbers is common characteristic of blowdown wind tunnels. Stings and all experimental equipments for the measurements in such wind tunnels have to be designed for large transient loads. During the supersonic tests a sting is exposed to large aerodynamic loads and levels of sting stresses and deflections are high. Sting deflection during the T-38 wind tunnel experiments has big influence on the quality of measurements. High stiffness of sting is necessary for model testing. It is necessary to reduce magnitude of sting deflections to achieve higher accuracy. In this paper is considered proper material for combination with maraging stainless steel for sting manufacturing. Carbide metal was selected as material for increasing sting stiffness. Stainless steel sting with carbide metal core was designed and manufactured. Finite element simulation of load was performed using software package NASTRAN NX. Experimental verification was performed by laboratory measurements of the sting deflections and slopes. Final verification was performed by the wind tunnel measurements with selected model and stainless steel sting with carbide metal tube.

Keywords: deflection, stress, sting, wind tunnel.

 

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