DETERMINATION OF AIRLOADS ON CERTAIN AIRPORT TOWERS DUE TO ADDITION OF RADOMES

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. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  California Institute of Technology

  1201 East California Street
  Pasadena, CA  United States  91125

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142
• Authors:
  • Babcock, C D
  • Bettes, W H
• Publication Date: 1981-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 135 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerodynamic force; Airport terminals; Airports; Field tests; Geometric configurations and shapes; Load transfer; Loads; Mathematical prediction; Radomes; Roofs; Scale models; Search radar; Shape; Structural analysis; Towers; Wind; Wind tunnels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Configuration; Structural properties
• Old TRIS Terms: Aerodynamic loading; Determination; Geometric forms
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00346658
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: GALCIT-1020, FAA/RD-81-74, TSC-FAA-81-14
• Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-1633
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 29 2002 12:00AM