Aerospace Testing Facilities available in India
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| Title of the Aerospace Test |
Hypersonic Shock Tunnel |
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| Name of the Organisation |
DRDO |
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| Name of theLab |
Defence Research & Development Laboratory - DRDL |
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| Place of the Lab |
Hyderabad |
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| Category of Aerospace Test | Wind Tunnel Testing | |
| Sub-category of Aerospace Test | NA | |
| Year of Establisment | 2008 | |
| Test Applications | Aerospace, Research & Development, and Industrial Steady and Unsteady pressure measurements Flow visualization Special tests - Heat transfer measurement |
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| Test Special Features | est Section size and shape: 1 m diameter nozzle exit - enclosed free jet Speed range / Mach number range: 6, 6.5, 7, 8, 9 & 10 Reynolds number range ( per m): 3 - 10 million maximum Ranges of Pitch, Roll and Yaw : Discrete Typical test duration: 1 milli sec Stagnation pressure & Temperature range : 5 - 85 bar & Temperature range 500 - 4000 k |
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| Other Test Information | Type of tunnel: High speed, Wind, Intermittent,and Horizontal Tools used : unsteady pressure transducers & thin film heat transfer gauges Heat transfer measurement |
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| Contact Person / Institution | The Director Defence Research & Development Laboratory - DRDL Ministry of Defence Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad, Telangana 500058 Contact No.:+91-40 2434 0051 Fax No.: +91-40- 040-24583242 Email:director @drdl.drdo.in Website:http://drdo.gov.in/drdo/labs/DRDL/English/index.jsp?pg=HistoricalBG.jsp |
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