8T Continuous Flow Variable Density Transonic Wind Tunnel
Highly Capable Transonic Wind Tunnel
- Mach Operating Range: 0.2-1.30
- Max Transonic Reynolds Number 4x106/ft [12x106/m]
- Max Subsonic Reynolds Number 8x106/ft [24x106/m]
- Up to 50,000 ft [15,000 m] Simulated Altitude
- Stagnation pressures of 0.25 to 3.25 Atmospheres
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Performance, Stability, and Control
Fastest builder of aero model databases.
Captive/Store Loads
Assess stored loads and their effect on aircraft control authority.
Component, Endurance, and Qualification Testing
Test your full scale Ram Air Turbine or Pod.
Inlet Optimization
Capture up to 1,024 static pressures and 96 unsteady pressures.
Internal/External Separation
State of the art data acquisition and control system.
Jet Effects Assessment
Pressure and Loads
Study the impact of various inlet mass flow rates.
Customer Experience
- High quality data that reduces uncertainty
- Scheduling approach that reduces program risk
- Total solution of integrated models, balances, and testing where we manage more risk
Agility
- Fast data production delivers more data per test hour
- Agile people that are easy to work with
- Independent owners invested in our success
Our People Make Us Agile
Agility means more data per hour because our people respond quickly and efficiently
- Expertise across shifts
- Issues resolved quickly
- Processes and Incident Reports
- Standard processes accomplished correctly, and we continue to improve
- Model/Instrumentation
- Issues resolved quickly
- Real-Time Refinement of Testing
- Run matrix changed and optimized during test
- Quick Data Processing Changes
- Customized with quick changes
Scheduling Approach
- Locks in Your Test Date
- Reduces Risk
- Premium Slots Available
Locked in testing dates reduce program risk
- Standard availability actively communicate
- Premium testing slots available for urgent needs
- Testing slot secured with PO
- Block Buy Options to secure slots in advance
- We schedule by date, not by sequence
- Rapid and thoughtful response to RFQ’s
Agility means More Data per hour because Our Tunnel Responds Quickly
- Agility means more data per hour because our tunnel responds quickly and efficiently.
- Quick tunnel density changes.
- We quickly adjust tunnel density to maintain Reynolds number or static pressure.
- Quick change over times.
- We perform model changes and come back to your test conditions quickly.
High Quality Data
Data Repeatability - Primary measure of quality
- Single piece high-capacity balances improve temperature stability
- New cooling towers improve tunnel temperature control
- Test methods to achieve run speed and repeatability requirements
- Calibration models, flow surveys, and static pipe measurement conducted
- at regular intervals ensure consistency (Latest 2020)
Data Usability - Applicability to full-scale Testing
- 8’x8’ test section allows larger-scale models that better represent actual aircraft
- Mach Number of 0.2 to 1.30 captures critical transonic speeds
- A broad range of altitudes and Reynolds numbers with stagnation pressure of 0.25 to 3.25 atm.
- Corrections for tunnel-induced effects
- Supplemental flow visualization provides insight
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