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Leakage Rates from a Pressurised Aircraft at Altitude

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

L. R. Jenkins*
Affiliation:
Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe Down

Extract

Flight tests were made to verify a method of predicting pressure cabin leakage rates at altitude from ground test results proposed in a Technical Note published in The Journal in August 1954 The results showed very good agreement with the theoretical treatment of the problem.

It is therefore recommended that the method of the Technical Note be used to estimate the change of leakage rates with altitude and also to estimate the time for the excess pressure to fall during a descent with no pressure supply.

Type
Technical Notes
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1957

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References

1. Staite, H. J. (1954). Leakage Rates from Pressurised Aircraft at Altitude. Technical Note, Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, August 1954.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
2. Hughes, D. P. (1956). Leakage Rates from Pressurised Aircraft at Altitude–Comment Correction by Staite, H. J.. Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, June 1956.Google Scholar