UK testing facilities
Imperial College London Hypersonic Wind Tunnel
Imperial College London / NWTF
Imperial College London, London, England
Access: Conditional
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