Determination of Airloads on Certain Airport Towers Due to Addition of Radomes.

Babock, Charles D.; Bettes, William H.

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Determination of Airloads on Certain Airport Towers Due to Addition of Radomes.

1981-08-01
By Babock, Charles D. ; Bettes, William H.

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English

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Creators:

Babock, Charles D. ; Bettes, William H.
Corporate Creators:

John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Subject/TRT Terms:

Aerodynamic Force Aerodynamic Load Airport Control Towers Airport Surface Traffic Control Airport Terminals ASDE-3 Geometric Forms Load Transfer Radome Airloads On Towers Radomes Radome Wind Loading Tests Radome Wind Tunnel Tests Scale Models
Publication/ Report Number:

DOT-TSC-FAA-81-14 ; FAA-RD-81-74
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
Abstract:

This report presents the results of wind tunnel tests conducted on three different radome configurations mounted atop three different airport tower designs. The wind tunnel tests were conducted on 1/12th scale models. Field tests were conducted on one full-scale radome and tower configuration and the data compared with the wind tunnel data. The data are useful for comparing the airloads transmitted into an airport-tower roof by the various radomes and for evaluating the effects tower geometry can have on these airloads.
Content Notes:

Introduction, Discussion and results, Remarks and conclusions, Appendices
Format:

PDF
Funding:

DOT-TSC-1633
Collection(s):

Volpe Center
Main Document Checksum:

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Download URL:

https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9448/dot_9448_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 4.43 MB ]

File Language:

English

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