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.
The No. 19 Wind Tunnel at Farnborough
A Description of the Largest Supersonic Tunnel at the Royal Aircraft Establishment
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology ; 27 , 6 ; 172-177
1955-06-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
No. 19 wind tunnel at Farnborough
Engineering Index Backfile | 1955
|Twenty-four-foot wind tunnel at Farnborough
Engineering Index Backfile | 1935
Twenty-four-foot wind tunnel at Farnborough
Engineering Index Backfile | 1935
Twenty-four-foot wind tunnel at farnborough
Engineering Index Backfile | 1935
Twenty-four-foot wind tunnel at Farnborough
Engineering Index Backfile | 1935