UK testing facilities
University of Southampton Anechoic Wind Tunnel
University of Southampton / NWTF
University of Southampton, Southampton, England
Access: Conditional
Testing capabilities
- Acoustic
- Aerodynamics and aerothermal testing
Services
Airframe-noise, aerodynamic-loads, high-speed-train and specialist propulsive/engine testing; far-field microphone arrays, surface pressure/loads and PIV diagnostics.
Equipment
1 m x 0.75 m test section within an 8.15 m x 5.5 m x 4.75 m anechoic chamber; up to 80 m/s and Mach 0.23; far-field microphones, phased microphone array, cross-wire anemometry, model traverse and synchronised acoustic/laser diagnostics.
Standards
No accreditation or test standards stated on the cited facility page; NWTF network provides the general industry/academic route but the facility page itself gives a contact route without a current booking statement.
Contact
Email: admin@nwtf.ac.uk
Approximate location
Southampton ยท Town location