Abstract
Abstract Results are reported from an experiment conducted aboard the NASA DC-8 research aircraft to determine whether cabin air vented upstream of investigator's inlets had potentially contaminated ambient air samples obtained aboard the aircraft during previous airborne scientific expeditions. For the study, three multiport inlet rakes were mounted in windows downstream of an exhaust vent in locations forward, above, and aft of the right wing. These were used to make impact pressure measurements for determining boundary layer thickness (δ) as well as to collect ambient air samples at various distances outward from the airframe. The fraction of cabin air in the samples was determined by doping the vent air with a metered amount of CO2, then monitoring air at the inlet ports for differential CO2 enhancements. Data were collected at altitudes ranging from the surface to 12 km, at various indicated airspeeds, pitch and yaw angles, and during vertical ascents and descents. Results indicate that δ varies from...
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