UK testing facilities
University of Oxford High-Density Tunnel
University of Oxford / NWTF
University of Oxford, Oxford, England
Access: Yes
Testing capabilities
- Aerodynamics and aerothermal testing
Services
Hypersonic heated-Ludwieg-tube and light-piston compression-heating flow testing; boundary-layer stability, separation, free-flight, intake and aerodynamic testing with optical and high-bandwidth measurements.
Equipment
0.25–0.35 m diameter test flow and 2 m diameter x 1.4 m test section; Mach 3–9 and up to 3 km/s; up to 27.5 MPa and 2,000 K; up to 70 ms run time and 10 min recharge; 128-channel 2 MHz DAQ, high-speed cameras, Schlieren, PIV, hot-wire and >1 MHz pressure transducers.
Standards
No accreditation or test standards stated on the cited facility page; profile explicitly says available to industry and academic researchers.
Contact
Email: admin@nwtf.ac.uk
Approximate location
Oxford · Town location