UK testing facilities
Imperial College London 10ft x 5ft Low-Speed Wind Tunnel
Imperial College London / NWTF
Imperial College London, London, England
Access: Yes
Testing capabilities
- Aerodynamics and aerothermal testing
Services
Aerodynamic development and safety evaluation for aerospace, automotive, sports and civil-engineering models; vehicle rolling-road tests, force/moment, pressure and velocity measurements; boundary-layer and atmospheric-flow simulation.
Equipment
3.04 m x 1.52 m x 20 m test section and 5.7 m x 2.8 m x 18 m return section; maximum 41 m/s; Reynolds number up to 3.1 x 10^6/m; internal six-component balance; 2.1 m x 1.8 m rolling road; 10 bar air blowing; PIV/LDA/LDV and a 1 MHz scanning vibrometer; acoustic tag is limited to flow/noise test support in the cited profile.
Standards
No accreditation or test standards stated on the cited facility page.
Contact
Email: admin@nwtf.ac.uk
Approximate location
London ยท Town location