UK testing facilities
Imperial College London Patel Supersonic Wind Tunnel
Imperial College London / NWTF
Imperial College London, London, England
Access: Conditional
Testing capabilities
- Aerodynamics and aerothermal testing
Services
Supersonic aerodynamic and flow-control testing for axisymmetric models, turbine/propulsion flows and scramjet-style gas injection; pressure, heat-transfer, velocity, surface-deformation and optical flow diagnostics.
Equipment
0.15 m x 0.15 m x up to 2 m test section; Mach 0.5–5 (profile performance lists 0.6–3); 2–20 x 10^6/m Reynolds number; up to 600 m/s and approximately 10 s runs; PIV, IR thermography, photogrammetry, PSP, high-speed Schlieren and 32/8-channel pressure acquisition.
Standards
No accreditation or test standards stated on the cited facility page; page says facility would be available in 2022, so current booking status is not asserted beyond the current NWTF listing.
Contact
Email: admin@nwtf.ac.uk
Approximate location
London · Town location