Ames Aeronautical Laboratory near southern tip of San Francisco Bay, maintains and operates nine wind tunnels, varying from 40 × 80-ft tunnel capable of testing full scale models of smaller planes, to 1 × 3-ft supersonic tunnel in which wind speed is 2580 mph; investigations being carried out cover: swept wings; air scoops on high speed airplanes; ram-jet propulsion; formation of shock waves around airfoil at supersonic speeds; supersonic wind tunnels are provided with Schlieren cameras, and shock waves are visibly projected on screen.


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    Title :

    Supersonic research


    Additional title:

    Western Flying


    Published in:

    Western Flying ; 26 , n 8


    Publication date :

    1946


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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