UK testing facilities
University of Oxford T6 Piston Reflected Shock Tunnel
University of Oxford / NWTF
University of Oxford, Oxford, England
Access: Yes
Testing capabilities
- Aerodynamics and aerothermal testing
Services
Hypersonic, reflected-shock, expansion-tunnel and shock-tube aerodynamic testing; boundary-layer stability, hypersonic intake, supersonic combustion and free-flight studies; high-speed optical and pressure/heat-transfer diagnostics.
Equipment
0.9 m x 0.9 m x 1.2 m test section; Mach 6–8; up to 8 km/s; up to 75 MPa and 5,000 K; up to 3 ms run time; remote model support, up to 128-channel 2 MHz DAQ, high-speed Schlieren, pressure transducers and thin-film heat-transfer gauges.
Standards
No accreditation or test standards stated on the cited facility page; profile explicitly says available to industry and academic users through NWTF.
Contact
Email: admin@nwtf.ac.uk
Approximate location
Oxford · Town location