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Download the definition of the NTF variable names NTFT197VarNames.v2.  This file was last updated on October 23, 2014. Please discard any variable name file for NTF Test 197 downloaded from this website before this date.

The force and moment data from NTF Test 197 was updated on October 23, 2014.  Please discard any force and moment data from NTF Test 197 downloaded from this website before this date.

The investigation, conducted over a 6-week period, provided force and moment, surface pressure, model deformation, and surface flow visualization data. Testing was conducted at 5, 19.8 and 30 million Reynolds number. All Reynolds number values presented in this paper are based on mean aerodynamic chord. The 5 and 19.8 million Reynolds number data were collected to provide a comparison to previously calculated CFD results and all of the Reynolds numbers were used to provide an assessment of Reynolds number effects. The 19.8 million Reynolds number data were collected at two different q_∞ levels – a high and a low q_∞ condition. Having two q_∞ levels at the same Reynolds number provides an aeroelastic step in the data. The data were collected at temperatures ranging from -250ºF up to 120ºF.

Data were generally obtained over an angle-of-attack range from -3° to +12° at 5 million Reynolds number and from -3° to +6° at 19.8 and 30 million Reynolds numbers. The reduced angle-of-attack range at the higher Reynolds number was required such that safe model stress levels would not be exceeded. Flow angularity measurements were made and upflow corrections ranging from 0.092° to 0.173° were applied to the final NTF data. Classical wall corrections accounting for model blockage, wake blockage, tunnel buoyancy, and lift interference have been applied.

In order to ensure a consistent and repeatable transition from laminar to turbulent flow and to support the goal of the wind tunnel data being used for CFD validation purposes, it was important to apply a proven and reliable method to fix transition on the model. Evercoat trip dots measuring 0.05 inches in diameter and spaced 0.1 inches apart (center to center) were used for the current investigation. For a chord Reynolds number of 5 million, a trip dot height of 0.0035 inches was used from the SOB (side of body) to the yehudi break, 0.003 inches was used from the yehudi break to the midwing and 0.003 inches was used from the midwing to the wing tip. These trip dots were installed at 10% chord. Vinyl adhesive trip dots with a height of 0.004 inches were applied at the nose of the fuselage and left on for the entire test. When the nacelles were on the model, trip dots with a height of 0.003 inches were located 0.43 inches back from the leading edge on the outer surface and the inner surface. Finally, when the tails were on the model, trip dots were located at 10% chord and measured 0.003 inches in height.