Facilities
Wind and Water Tunnels
- Low-turbulence subsonic wind tunnel with six-component strain gauge balance (3.25 x 5 foot test section)
- Low-turbulence boundary layer tunnel (16 x 16 inch test section)
- Low-speed axisymmetric tunnel (3 foot diameter test section)
- Supersonic wind tunnel (6 x 6 inch test section); Mach 1.4 to 4.0
- Supersonic free shear layer facility (2 x 5 inch test section); Mach 1 to 2 and Mach 2 to 4
- Convective heat transfer tunnel with real-time color image processing
- Compressed air flow facility (300-psi reservoir)
- Several probe calibration jets
- Water tunnels include a laminar flow water channel with 1.5 x 2.5 foot test section, and access to the Garfield Thomas water tunnel. The Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel Laboratory consists of 48", 12", 6", 4.5" x 20" water tunnels, and a 1.5" cavitation tunnel (Water, Freon 113). A 48" Glycerine tunnel is also available.
- Accessories to the above facilities include centrifugal fans and pumps, Schlieren/shadowgraph flow visualization system, several computer-based data acquisition systems, various wave analyzers and other special purpose instrumentation, and axial flow research fan.
Supersonic tunnel, test section removed (49K)
Subsonic tunnel (3.25'x 5') -- aerial view (29K)
Subsonic tunnel: turbine fan (8 blade, 6' dia) (14k)
Subsonic tunnel -- side view (209k)
Axisymetric wind tunnel (233K)
Axisymetric tunnel test section (3' dia) (290K)
Subsonic tunnel test section (3.25' x 5') (127k)
30"x18"x15' water tunnel with mounting (217k)