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Imperial College London Hypersonic Wind Tunnel

Imperial College London / NWTF

Imperial College London, London, England

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Testing capabilities

  • Aerodynamics and aerothermal testing

Services

Hypersonic aerodynamic testing of slender models and high-Reynolds-number flows; facility page lists optical and instrumentation support, with detailed current service scope requiring confirmation.

Equipment

0.6 m diameter x 1 m test section, with slender models over 800 mm; Mach 9; nitrogen working gas; variable Reynolds number 7–47 x 10^6/m; up to 600 bar and 1150 K; 20 ms run time. Current profile says undergoing maintenance.

Standards

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

Contact

Email: admin@nwtf.ac.uk

Approximate location

London · Town location

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