[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 5]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR1210.6]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1210_DEVELOPMENT WORK FOR INDUSTRY IN NASA WIND TUNNELS--Table 

of Contents

 

Sec. 1210.6  Test preparation and conduct.



    (a) Programming by user. The user will be given the greatest 

possible freedom within the objectives of the scheduled program to 

obtain the quality and quantity of information desired, to determine the 

sequence and number of test runs to be made, and to make modifications 

to the program arising from the results obtained, subject to 

requirements of safety, energy conservation, practicability, and the 

total time assigned.

    (b) Model systems criteria. Information will be furnished for each 

facility on the permissible size of model, standard balances, safety 

margins to be used in the design of models, model mounting details, and 

other pertinent factors. All model systems criteria required by the 

facility for safety consideration including the necessary drawings and 

stress analyses of the articles to be tested will be furnished at a time 

specified by the facility staff for their use in preparing for the test.

    (c) Instrumentation. Each facility will provide basic 

instrumentation suitable for the test range of the respective facility 

and computing equipment for the



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reduction of test data. If the basic instrumentation furnished by the 

facility does not meet these test requirements, the user will provide 

suitable instrumentation which will be calibrated by the facility staff 

to ensure accuracy of measurement. This Instrumentation will be made 

available sufficiently in advance of the test date to accomplish the 

calibration. Serious delays arising from inaccuracies in user supplied 

instrumentation, if occurring during the scheduled test period, may 

result in reassignment of the position of the tests on the facility 

schedule. Detailed specifications and arrangements for special 

instrumentation will be established by mutual agreement. The user will 

be required to furnish all information necessary to prepare the data 

reduction software program at a date specified by the facility staff.

    (d) Test program. All tests will be conducted under NASA supervision 

and by NASA personnel or by NASA support service contractor personnel 

unless approved otherwise by the facility manager. The test program 

shall be approved by NASA personnel before the test project is accepted. 

By agreement between the user (company representatives or the requesting 

agency) and the center staff, changes in the test program may be made 

within the objectives of the scheduled program if time is available. 

When tests are not totally conducted by NASA personnel or by NASA 

support service contractor personnel, the NASA Field Installation Safety 

Officer shall verify that the user personnel are fully cognizant of 

facility safety problems and operations. A current SAR on the facility 

shall be available to the user personnel for review.

    (e) Test data. The NASA staff will be responsible for obtaining all 

test data, its reduction to suitable coefficient form, and the accuracy 

of the final data, but NASA will assume no responsibility for the 

interpretation of the data by others. Transmittal of the data will be 

made as soon as the test is completed and the data are deemed releasable 

by NASA. For company projects, the data will be transmitted as directed 

by the company. The data for Government projects will be transmitted 

simultaneously to the sponsoring Government agency and the contractor 

(if applicable), unless otherwise directed by the sponsoring agency.

    (f) Shops and office space. During the conduct of user testing, NASA 

will provide desk space and at least limited use of the shop facilities 

to the user whose projects are under test.

    (g) User furnished personnel. User personnel associated with each 

project will be agreed upon between the user and facility staff prior to 

the test.



                          PART 1211 [RESERVED]