Nicole Lee, University of California, San Diego

1. Individual Abstract Example Nicole Lee, University of California, San Diego Interdisciplinary National Science Program Incorporating Research and Education Experience (INSPIRE) Mentor: Dr. William Warmbrodt Code: AUA Aeromechanics Branch Pre-College Intern UH-60 Airloads Flight Program Data Report The objective of the UH-60 Airloads Program was to obtain comprehensive data of an aircraft in flight, with a focus on airloads, and to use that data to refine and validate analysis tools, better understand rotor movement and improve aircraft design. This program was the most instrumented flight test ever completed. The aircraft was outfitted with about 480 sensors to measure many different parameters, including temperature, flap and torsional moments, and acceleration. The UH-60 was tested in over 900 conditions that can be roughly categorized as steady flight, ground measured acoustics, flight measured acoustics, flight dynamics and maneuvers. Testing was completed over a period of seven months, concluding in February 1994. Thirty-one research flights were completed, totaling fifty-seven flight hours. All the data from the UH-60 Airloads program was stored in a database called TRENDS. The data needed to be extracted from TRENDS and formatted for a finalized data report that can be used in the future.