Accession Number:

AD0653853

Title:

THE U. S. NAVAL ORDNANCE LABORATORY HYPERSONIC TUNNEL,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL ORDNANCE LAB WHITE OAK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Geineder,F.
• Schlesinger,M. I.
• Baum,G.
• Cornett,R.

Report Date:

1967-04-12

Pagination or Media Count:

66.0

Abstract:

The report describes the aerodynamic capability and physical plant installation of the U. S. Naval Ordnance Laboratorys Hypersonic Tunnel. The tunnel is a high pressure blowdown facility, using air as the working gas, operating at Mach numbers 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 with test section Reynolds Number from 3000 thousand to 50 million per foot. The stagnation pressure may be varied between 5 and 150 atmospheres with stagnation temperatures sufficient to prevent equilibrium condensation in the test section. Author

Descriptors:

• *HYPERSONIC WIND TUNNELS
• AERODYNAMICS
• ORDNANCE LABORATORIES
• HIGH PRESSURE
• AIR
• HYPERSONIC FLOW
• REYNOLDS NUMBER

Subject Categories:

• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE