Aerospace Testing Facilities available in India
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| Title of the Aerospace Test |
Open Jet Facility |
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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 | Special Tunnels | |
| Year of Establisment | 1990 | |
| Test Applications | Aerospace, R&D Types of tests performed: Pressure measurements Jet Acoustic measurements Schlieren flow visualization |
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| Test Special Features | Test Section size and shape: 50 mm diameter (max.) Mach number range: 1.5 to 4.0 Type of jet pattern: Under – expanded & over expanded Test control parameters: Different Jet exit pressure ratios Typical test duration: 30 – 100 seconds |
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| Other Test Information | Type of tunnel: High speed, Intermittent blowdown type, Horizontal Instrumentation: Steady & unsteady pressure transducers Microphones for acoustic measurements 48 ports scanivalve Data Acquisition System used: 8 Channels of DAS for Acoustic measurement, 3 channels for pressure measurement Special test rigs and test techniques developed: Model attitude mechanism with six degrees of freedom system, planar Laser included Fluorescence Schlieren system |
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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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