THE U. S. NAVAL ORDNANCE LABORATORY HYPERSONIC TUNNEL,

Abstract

The report describes the aerodynamic capability and physical plant installation of the U. S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory's Hypersonic Tunnel. The tunnel is a high pressure blowdown facility, using air as the working gas, operating at Mach numbers 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 with test section Reynolds Number from 3000 thousand to 50 million per foot. The stagnation pressure may be varied between 5 and 150 atmospheres with stagnation temperatures sufficient to prevent equilibrium condensation in the test section. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 12, 1967
Accession Number
AD0653853

Entities

People

  • F. Geineder
  • G. Baum
  • M. I. Schlesinger
  • R. Cornett

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Blowdown
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Condensation
  • High Pressure
  • Mach Number
  • Munitions
  • Observatories
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Research Facilities
  • Reynolds Number
  • Stagnation Pressure
  • Stagnation Temperature
  • Transition Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow