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Aircraft Avionics, Systems, and Equipment

University Airport

• Equipped with experimental MLS, ILS, and VOR installations

Kendall Executive Tamiami Airport

• Located in Miami, FL and used as an all-weather testing site for ILS glide-slope and localizer performance

Hangar Facility

• Contains aircraft storage, flight program support and laboratory space

Aircraft

• Two Cessna 152s
• Trainer – single engine
• Engine – Lycoming O-235-N2C
• Horsepower – 108
• Landing gear – fixed, tricycle
• Seats – two
• Cockpit – conventional
• Flight courses
• private pilot
• certified flight instructor – airplane
• One Beechcraft Baron
• Trainer – multi-engine, high performance, complex
• Engine – two Continental IO-520-E
• Horsepower – 300
• Landing gear – retractable, tricycle
• Seats – four
• Cockpit – conventional
• Flight courses
• multi-engine
• certified flight instructor – multi-engine
• Two Piper Arrows
• Trainer – single engine, complex
• Engine – Lycoming IO360 SER
• Horsepower – 200
• Landing gear – retractable, tricycle
• Seats – 4
• Cockpit – conventional
• Flight courses
• 420
• 445
• Seven Piper Warrior IIIs
• Trainer – single engine
• Engine – Lycoming 0-320-D3G
• Horsepower – 160
• Landing gear – fixed, tricycle
• Seats – four
• Cockpit – glass
• Flight courses
• private pilot
• instrument
• certified flight instructor – airplane
• certified flight instructor – instrument

William E. Jackson Library

• Includes the personal library and papers of the Late William E. Jackson, inventor of the ILS and VOR navigation systems; extensive documentation of FAA, NASA, military, and industrial projects undertaken by the center and others; and technical and seminar materials on various aspects of the ILS and MLS

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Air Traffic Management

Antenna Anechoic Chamber

• Initial Operational Capability as of 28 May 2003
• Indoor Antenna Anechoic Chamber Provides a new capability to launch and verify in- house antenna designs
• System can be used for both near-field and far-field measurements for electrical large and small antennas, respectively.
• Shielded Anechoic Chamber provides for added data accuracy and integrity.
• Key Features
• Size: 13’ x 13’ x 26’
• Enclosure: Fully Shielded, > 100 dB of isolation
• Hybrid Near-field Scanner to test:
• Electrically large antennas in near-field
• Electrically small antennas in far-field
• Direct Far-field measurements
• Test Modes:
• Planar
• Cylindrical
• Spherical
• 10 kHz – 6.0 GHz with Vector Network Analyzer

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Human Factors

Equipment for Ergonomic Assessment and Teaching

• Chatillon® Series Digital Force Gauge with NEXYGEN DF software
• Biometrics DataLog
• Biometrics Goniometers (wrist, arm, and back)
• Surface Electromyography system
• Baseline 7-piece hand evaluation set
• Lafayette Anthropometers
• Digital Camera and Camcorder
• Extech Sound Level Meter (2)
• Extech EasyView Light Meter
• Extech Digital Psychrometer Kit
• Quest Sound Level Meter
• Polar Heart rate watches (4)
• Lafayette multi-function timer/counter
• Hand tools (for hand tool analysis)
• Stopwatches and measuring tapes
• Anatomical models (back, arm, hand, and knee)

Usability and Graphics Software

• TechSmith Camtasia Studio
• TechSmith Snagit
• TechSmith Morae
• E frontier Poser7, complete 3D figure design and animation
• MediaLab

Ergonomics and Analysis Software

• Minitab, version 15.0
• SPSS, version 16.0
• AMOS, version 16.0
• Michigan 3DSSP
• ErgoIntelligence, UEA
• ErgoMaster

Computers

• Four PCs and two MACS
• Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000, 2 megapixel webcam with autofocus

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Materials

Thermal Testing Equipment

• Holomatrix laser flash
• Anter Flashline 3000 (with Cryogenic Temperature Capability)
• Perkin Elmer TMA
• Perkin Elmer DSC
• Harrop Dilatometer (to Measure CTE)
• Mettler-Toledo DSC (Cryogenic to 750C)
• Mathis Instruments Hot Disk
• ASTM Standard Hot Plate

Mechanical Testing Equipment

• Fatigue testing equipment
• Quantitative Image Analyzer System
• 50,000 lb. MTS computer-controlled testing machine for material characterization
• Tinius-Olsen tensile testing machine
• 5 KW Ameritherm induction heater
• 25-ton hydraulic extrusion press and associated equipment
• Bridgeport three-axis CNC milling machine
• Mazak CNC turning center
• EASCO EDM
• 10-ton radial ring rolling machine

Polymer Processing Equipment

• Twin screw polymer extrusion unit (Leistritz)
• CSI LE-750 Laboratory Extruder
• CSI Mini-Max Molding Machine
• Injection molding machine

Materials Engineering Equipment

• Metallography Laboratory
• Particle Analysis Laboratory
• Scanning electron microscope
• Scanning tunneling electron microscope
• CVD reactors, and Physical Vapor Deposition system
• Non-ferrous casting equipment

The Hydrogen Sulfide Multiphase Testing Facility

• The hydrogen sulfide system is a large scale flow loop currently testing partial pressures of hydrogen sulfide below 150mbar. The hydrogen sulfide system was commissioned to determine the influence of various concentrations of hydrogen sulfide gas on corrosion rate in a controlled multiphase environment
• Key Features
• Liquid Flow Rates: 0.5 m/s to 2.5 m/s
• Gas Flow Rates: 2.0 m/s to 10 m/s
• Temperature Range: 40°C to 90°C
• Pressure Range: 1 bar to 70 bar
• Liquid Mixtures: Various mixtures of deionized water, synthetic sea water, 2 cP to 10 cP oil, and crude oil
• Gas Mixtures: Various mixtures of nitrogen, carbon dioxide, methane, and hydrogen sulphide
• Instrumentation: Superficial liquid and gas velocities, flow regime determination, corrosion rate, pH, and temperature

Inclinable, Multi-Phase Flow Rig

• Key Features
• Liquid Flow Rates: 0.1 m/s to 5 m/s
• Gas Flow Rates: Up to 20 m/s
• Temperature Range: 25°C to 120°C
• Pressure Range: Up to 1000 psi
• Liquid Mixtures: Various mixtures of deionized water, synthetic sea water, .5 cP to 1000 cP oil, and crude oil
• Gas Mixtures: Use of Nitrogen or Carbon Dioxide
• Instrumentation: Superficial liquid and gas velocities, flow regime determination, corrosion rate, pressure drop, ultrasound, pH and temperature

Wet Gas Corrosion Flow Loop 1

• Designed to study the effect of operating parameters on the corrosion of carbon steel under dewing condition during the transportation of wet gas
• Key Features
• Gas Velocity: 1 m/s to 20 m/s
• Partial Pressure of Carbon Dioxide: 1 to 8 bar
• Temperature Range: 40°C to 90°C
• Condensation Rate: 0.02 to 3 ml/m2/s

Wet Gas Corrosion Flow Loop 2

• Designed to study the effect of operating parameters on the corrosion of carbon steel under dewing condition during the transportation of wet gas
• Key Features
• Gas Velocity: 1 m/s to 12 m/s
• Partial Pressure of Carbon Dioxide: 1 to 7 bar
• Temperature Range: 40°C to 80°C
• Condensation Rate: 0.02 to 3 ml/m2/s
• Gas Mixtures: Various mixtures of Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide
• Gas Mixtures: Various mixtures of Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide

Transparent Multiphase Corrosion Flow Loops

• Erosion Corrosion in Multiphase Flow
• River Crossing and Hilly Terrain
• Inclinable Systems

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Computing and Simulation

CAD/CAM Modeling Software and Associated Equipment

• Intergraph CAD/CAM system and associated commercial software including FLUENT, ALGOR, DEFORM, MSC (MARC, NASTRAN, DYTRAN, Superforge, Superform, Patran), LSDYNA, DEFORM, SolidEdge, and AutoCad
• Manufacturing equipment such as CNC lathe and mill interfaced to CAD/CAM software

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