Aerospace Testing Facilities available in India
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| Title of the Aerospace Test |
Wind Tunnel No. 1 |
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| Name of the Organisation |
IIT |
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| Name of theLab |
Department of Aerospace Engineering - IITM |
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| Place of the Lab |
Chennai |
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| Category of Aerospace Test | Wind Tunnel Testing | |
| Sub-category of Aerospace Test | NA | |
| Year of Establisment | 1979 | |
| Test Applications | Aerospace, Non-aerospace, Research & Development, and Industrial. Steady and Unsteady pressure measurements Flow visualization using Glow Discharge Shear force measurements using non intrusive laser based methods Heat transfer measurements |
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| Test Special Features | Test Section size and shape: Cylindrical Vacuum Vessel of 1.0m diameter, 4.5m long Speed range / Mach number range: Low speeds to Hypersonic to simulate High Knudsen number flows Reynolds number range (per m): Very low Re from Tens to Thousands |
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| Other Test Information | Type of tunnel: Continuously run Rarefied Gas Dynamics Facility Low Density Wind Tunnel Fully instrumented with low pressure, temperature and mass flow measurements. |
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| Contact Person / Institution | The Director Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras Sardar Patel Rd, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600036 Contact No.: +91-44 -2257 8280 Fax No.: +91-44-22574002 Email: kurian@ae.iitm.ac.in Website: http://www.iitm.ac.in/ |
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