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The
9'x15' Low Speed Wind Tunnel provides customers with a facility
capable of testing large scale aeropropulsion hardware.
Characteristics
and Performance
- Test Section Size: 9 ft high by 15 ft wide by 28 ft long
- Mach
Number Range: 0 to 0.2 (0 to 175 mph)
- Relative
Altitude: ambient
- Reynolds
Number: 0 to 1.4x106/ft
- Dynamic Pressure: 0 to 72 psf
- Stagnation
Pressure: atmospheric
- Temperature:
ambient - 550 °R
- Acoustic
frequency cutoff: <250 Hz
- The tunnel can conduct propulsion tests with hydrogen fuel
Tunnel
Support Systems
- Air:
40, 150, and 450 psig
- Service
Air: 125 psig
- Combustion
Air Heater: 15 pps at up to 1,000 °F and 25 pps at up to 530 °F
- Exhaust:
16-in. line at 20 and 26 in. of Hg
- High-Pressure
Air Storage: 951,000 scf at 2,600 psig
- GH2 Fuel
System: 1.0 pps at 2,200 psig from 70,000 scf trailers
- Model
Cooling: Available
- Model
Hydraulics: 15 gpm at 3,000 psig
- Fan Drive Rigs: 1,000 and 5,000 HP Single Shaft Systems and 750 HP (per shaft) Counter-Rotating System
Model
Support Systems
- Dynamic
Actuation System: A high speed model support and actuation system
to provide realistic simulations of STOVL aircraft takeoff and
rolling landings
- Rotor
Alone Nacelle System: Side wall mounted test capability to enable
isolation of fan alone noise by elimination of outlet guide vanes
- Model
Integrated Support System (MISS) - A ceiling strut with high-pressure
air and exhaust lines and 4 degrees of freedom: pitch, yaw, roll,
and height
- Turntables:
Floor mount model support systems with high-pressure and exhaust
capability
- Jet
Exit Rig: Ceiling mounted strut with hot gas capabilities for
nozzle research
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NASA's ATP Program
Read about one of the largest, most versatile and comprehensive set of testing facilities in the nation.
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9- by 15-Foot Low-Speed Wind Tunnel
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GRC Research Facilities
Find out more about the research facilities at NASA's Glenn Research Center
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"The right facility at the right time" - NASA Aeronautics Test Program |
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