A LARGE supersonic tunnel was completed several years ago at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough. A brief specification is as follows: the main working section has a cross section 18 inches square; the stagnation pressure can be varied from 0·1 to 2·8 atmospheres; it is driven by a seven-stage, axial-flow compressor with a pressure ratio range 1·1 to 2·3 which can absorb up to 7,000 h.p. for long runs. A perspective drawing of the plant is shown in FIG. 1 and the relation between Reynolds number and Mach number in FIG. 2.


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    Title :

    The No. 19 Wind Tunnel at Farnborough


    Subtitle :

    A Description of the Largest Supersonic Tunnel at the Royal Aircraft Establishment


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1955-06-01


    Size :

    6 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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