Aerospace Testing Facilities available in India
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| Title of the Aerospace Test |
Supersonic Wind Tunnel |
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| Name of the Organisation |
ISRO |
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| Name of theLab |
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre - VSSC |
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| Place of the Lab |
Thiruvananthapuram |
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| Category of Aerospace Test | Wind Tunnel Testing | |
| Sub-category of Aerospace Test | Supersonic Wind Tunnels | |
| Year of Establisment | 2005 | |
| Test Applications | Aerospace and R & D Type of tests performed: Steady force & moment measurements Steady and Unsteady pressure measurement Schlieren flow visualization |
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| Test Special Features | Test Section size and shape: 0.3 m x 0.3m (square) Mach number range: 1.5 to 4.0 Reynolds number range (per m): 20 to 70 million Free stream turbulence level (if low speed tunnel) : <0.1% Pressure fluctuation level (if high speed, % CPrms) :< 0.2% Test control parameters: Ranges of pitch (angle of attack range):- 100 to 150 (continuous, Pitch & pause mode) and maximum up to 300 using bent sting Typical test duration :20 seconds Stagnation pressure & Temperature range : 0.2 to 2.0 MP |
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| Other Test Information | Type of tunnel: High speed, intermittent blow down type & Horizontal Instrumentation: Steady & unsteady pressure transducers 16 ports digital sensor array 48 ports scanivalve Strain gauge type force balance & Schlieren system Data Acquisition System PXI based 24 channels DAS (full programmable) SCXI signal conditioning modules with 16 bit ADC PXI based 8 channels high speed DAS |
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| Contact Person / Institution | Director, P&PR Unit, ISRO Headquarters, Antariksh Bhavan, New BEL Road, Bangalore-560 231 Phone No : +91-80 23415275 or 22172296 Fax No : +91-80 23511984 E Mail: dir.ppr@isro.gov.in Website:http://isrohq.vssc.gov.in/isr0dem0v2/ |
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