A view down the test section of the newly renovated 9 x 15 wind tunnel.
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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 33 ft long
- Mach Number Range: 0 to 0.2 (0 to 175 mph)
- Relative Altitude: ambient
- Reynolds Number: 0 to 1.4×106/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
9-by 15-Foot Wind Tunnel Fact Sheet
