Aerospace Testing Facilities in India

Aerospace Testing Facilities available in India

 
     
  Title of the Aerospace Test
1.2 m x 1.2m Wind Tunnel
     
  Name of the Organisation
CSIR
     
  Name of theLab
National Aerospace Laboratories - NAL
     
  Place of the Lab
Bangalore
     
  Category of Aerospace Test Wind Tunnel Testing
     
  Sub-category of Aerospace Test NA
     
  Year of Establisment 1964-1967
     
  Test Applications
Experimental Aerodynamic data for complex aerospace Programs with the unique ability to develop novel and advanced test techniques

Static & dynamic aerodynamic force & moment measurements
Steady & Unsteady pressure measurements
Carriage load measurements and store separation studies
Dynamic damping derivatives
High -speed flow visualization studies
High speed Air-intake studies
Hinge moment measurements
Component load measurements
Aeroelastic studies
Supersonic air-intake studies
Specialized tests for  industrial aerodynamics
     
  Test Special Features
Test Section: 1.2m X 1.2m 
Operation : Intermittent blow down
Test duration: 30 seconds for 1.2 tunnel 
Mach number range : 0.2 to 4.0 
Off-line flexible nozzle for supersonic
Mach number tests in 1.2m tunnel
On-line flexible nozzle for supersonic 
Model incidence	:-15 degrees to +27 degress continuous  and step modes
Model roll: 0 degree to 360 degrees
Stagnation pressure: 1.5 to 8.0 bar
Reynolds number: 8 x 106 to 60 x 106 per meter
     
  Other Test Information
Over the years several augmentations have been incorporated to meet the wide range of needs of aerospace programmes in the country. The tunnel has logged more than 42000 blow downs.

Tunnel Control System: 
The Integrated Tunnel Control system (ITCS) is based on a standard PC with real time hardware built into it.

The control software is designed to be menu driven, operator independent, interactive and fully message oriented and is built with necessary safety and emergency routines.

Data Acquisition System:
NI based 24 channel DAS
48 channel high-speed DAS for unsteady pressure data up to 40 kHz.
24 channel high-speed wireless system for simultaneously acquisition of unsteady pressure data for 10 kHz.
DSP based automatic system for pitch and yaw damping derivatives using Forced Oscillation Rig.
Multi-port steady pressure measurements using 32/ 16 port scanners.
National Trisonic Aerodynamic Facilities - NTAF
     
  Contact Person / Institution
The Director
National Aerospace Laboratories  
PB.no.1779,  Kodihalli 
Bangalore - 560 017 
Contact No.: +91- 080-25086001
Fax No.: +91- 080-25269611
Email: director@nal.res.in  
Website: http://www.nal.res.in
     
     
     
     
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