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City St George's Low Turbulence (Gaster) Wind Tunnel

City St George's, University of London / NWTF

City St George's, University of London, London, England

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Testing capabilities

  • Aerodynamics and aerothermal testing

Services

Laminar-to-turbulent transition and two-/three-dimensional boundary-layer studies at very low turbulence; commercial aerospace contract testing; pressure, velocity, hot-wire and flow-visualisation measurements.

Equipment

0.91 m x 0.91 m x 3 m test section; 45 m/s maximum; Reynolds number up to 3.1 x 10^6/m; turbulence below 0.01% up to 20 m/s; 64-channel DAQ, 3-component LDV, hot-wire systems, plasma-actuator support and isolated vibration rig.

Standards

No accreditation or test standards stated on the cited facility page.

Contact

Email: admin@nwtf.ac.uk

Approximate location

London ยท Town location

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