Some Factors Affecting the Selection of the Type of New Transonic Tunnel to Best Meet Australian Needs.

Abstract

A consideration of the new transonic wind tunnel options identified at the Dec. 1982 workshop held at ARL is presented. Factors discussed include, Reynolds number requirements, test section dimensions, operating pressure, individual run duration, total available testing time and operating costs. It is concluded that, despite the lower test Reynolds number capability, a continuous flow, conventional fan driven tunnel is more suited to Australian requirements than an intermittent blowdown tunnel. If a significant supersonic requirement existed this preference would probably be reversed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA142957

Entities

People

  • N. Pollock

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Control Systems
  • Energy Consumption
  • Engineering
  • Mach Number
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Pressurization
  • Reynolds Number
  • Stagnation Pressure
  • Tensile Strength
  • Test Facilities
  • Transonic Wind Tunnels
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow