THE HIGH TEMPERATURE HYPERSONIC GASDYNAMICS FACILITY - MACH NUMBER 4 OPERATION

Abstract

The High Temperature, Hypersonic Gasdynamics Facility was developed as a result of the efforts of the Aeronautical Systems Division to extend the state-of-the art in hypersonic aerodynamics simulation. The High Temperature Facility is an operational hypersonic wind tunnel supplied by high pressure, heated air from a zirconium oxide pebble heater. The maximum stagnation pressure is 40 atmospheres, and the maximum temperature is 4700 R. The facility is one of four of its kind in this hemisphere and the only Air Force facility of its type. This report describes its operation from August 1961 until May 1962 as a Mach 4 aerodynamic test facility. The successful operation of this facility is a significant achievement in the area of hypersonic aero dynamic testing techniques.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0408922

Entities

People

  • Paul Czysz

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Bodies
  • Boundary Layer
  • Bricks
  • Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Heat Transfer
  • High Pressure
  • High Temperature
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Stagnation Pressure
  • Stagnation Temperature
  • Test Facilities
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Surface Engineering/Surface Coating Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow