Aerospace Testing Facilities available in India
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| Title of the Aerospace Test |
Rarefied Gas Dynamics Facility |
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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 | Special Tunnels | |
| Year of Establisment | 1979 | |
| Test Applications | Aerospace / Non- Aerospace, Industrial / R & D Type of tests performed: 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 1.0 m diameter, 4.5 m long Parameter Range: Low to high Knudsen Number Very low to thousands of Reynolds No./m |
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| Other Test Information | Type of tunnel: Continuously run, Low Density Wind tunnel Instrumentation: Low pressure, temperature 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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