Publication Date:
2019-06-28
Description:
Described are the modifications currently under way to the Langley 8-Foot High Temperature Tunnel to produce a new, unique national resource for testing hypersonic air-breathing propulsion systems. The current tunnel, which has been used for aerothermal loads and structures research since its inception, is being modified with the addition of a LOX system to bring the oxygen content of the test medium up to that of air, the addition of alternate Mach number capability (4 and 5) to augment the current M=7 capability, improvements to the tunnel hardware to reduce maintenance downtime, the addition of a hydrogen system to allow the testing of hydrogen powered engines, and a new data system to increase both the quantity and quality of the data obtained.
Keywords:
FLUID MECHANICS AND HEAT TRANSFER
Type:
NASA-TM-100486
,
NAS 1.15:100486
,
AIAA PAPER 87-1887
Format:
application/pdf
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