JOINT SERVICE-OKLAHOMA S.U. TEAM TESTS FOG DISPERSION

A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO WARM FOG DISSIPATION WAS LAUNCHED RECENTLY BY A TEAM OF ARMY, NAVY, AND OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS AT ANCATA, CALIFORNIA. PAST EXPERIMNETS HAVE DEALT WITH TESTING VARIOUS CHEMICALS AND WATER AS FOG DISSIPANTS FROM FIXED- WING AIRCRAFT. HOWEVER, THIS EXPERIMENT USED A HIGH- VELOCITY DOWNWASH FROM A LARGE HELICOPTER TO DISSIPATE FOG. IN ADDITION, THE SPRAY PARTICLES WERE ELECTRIFIED AS THEY WERE RELEASED. THE METHOD WORKS FOR STRATUS OR FOG LAYERS UP TO 700 FEET THICK IF THERE IS NO WIND. THE FOG THICKNESS THAT CAN BE DISPERSED DECREASES AS THE WIND SPEED OF THE FOG INCREASES.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 11, No 7, P 72, 2 PHOT
• Publication Date: 1970-11

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Army Research & Development

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Downwash; Fog; Fog dispersal; Helicopters; Railroad electrification; Sprays (Materials); Thickness
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218736
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 10 1971 12:00AM