Towards New Transonic Wind Tunnels,

Abstract

The report, dedicated to Professor Dr Dietrich Kuchemann, includes an Appreciation of Professor Dr Kuchemann, a description of his role in the promotion of new wind tunnels and three papers on: (1) An Investigation of the Quality of the Flow Generated by Three Types of Wind tunnel (Ludwieg Tube, Evans Clean Tunnel and Injector Driven Tunnel); (2) Development of the Cryogenic Tunnel Concept and Application to the US National Transonic Facility; and (3) The Cryogenic Wind tunnel; Another Option for the European Transonic Facility. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA080660

Entities

People

  • J. P. Hartzuiker

Organizations

  • AGARD

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aircrafts
  • Birds
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Control Systems
  • Energy Consumption
  • Engineers
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Geometry
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Standing Waves
  • Test Facilities
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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