Engine height test bench
An engine altitude test bench (MHP) is used to test aircraft engines for their performance behavior and their service life under the influence of changed air temperatures and changed air pressure. The partial simulation of the real altitude conditions makes it possible, among other things, to make statements about the expected performance and the fuel and lubricant consumption of the engines.
A still well-preserved MHP, built 1932–1936 by the architect H. Brenner for the German Aviation Research Institute (DVL), is in Berlin- Adlershof . It is one of the technical monuments in the aerodynamic park ( large wind tunnel , spin tower and sound-dampened engine test bench ) and is a listed building . The central hall and two side halls have different times of construction and state of preservation. The main and south halls were rebuilt between 2000 and 2003. Here laboratories have been created for high requirements for experiments with large equipment. In the main hall there is a house-in-house construction that surrounds the internal laboratory fixtures with its own climatic envelope. The north hall received a new outer wall and space for offices. The working group SMS - Supramolecular Systems of the Institute for Physics at the Humboldt University in Berlin is based in this engine height test bench .
Web links
- Engine height test bench in Berlin Adlershof ( Memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Modification of the engine height test bench in Berlin Adlershof