Tunnel 3 by 4 ft, at Royal Aircraft Establishment, Bedford, is in operation with fixed Mach 4 nozzle, can reproduce free flight Reynolds numbers of 20-ft long body at 60, 000 ft or above on quarter scale model; variable nozzle for Mach range 2.5-5 will be fitted; power input to compressors is 88,000 bhp; air is dried to less than 0.00002 lb water/lb air (dewpoint below -70 F); corners in circuit, which is 154 ft 6 in. between center lines of cascade bends, make it suitable for use with flexible flutter models. (see also Aircraft Eng v 33 n 387 May 1961 p 136-44; Instrument Practice v 15 n 5 May 1961 p 581-6; Shell Aviation News n 276 June 1961 p 8-11)


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    Title :

    High supersonic wind tunnel


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Published in:

    Engineer ; 211 , n 5489


    Publication date :

    1961


    Size :

    7 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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