Aerospace Propulsion and Diagnostics Laboratory (CSU APDL)
APDL- HWT: Hypersonic Wind Tunnel
facilitytest / environmentalIndustry: Aerospace
- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- CSU APDL
Description
APDL Hypersonic Wind Tunnel (APDL-HWT), a modular high-speed flow facility for supersonic and hypersonic aerodynamics, propulsion and flow–plasma research with wide optical access; it runs in indraft and blowdown configurations and up to 150 psi on the high-pressure gas system.
Official page
https://www.engr.colostate.edu/laboratories/apdl/facilities-capabilities/
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Details
- Keywords
- hypersonic aerodynamics, supersonic flow testing, schlieren imaging, high-speed imaging, flow–plasma interactions
- Location
- Powerhouse Energy Campus, 430 North College Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado
- Location
- Powerhouse Energy Campus at 430 North College Avenue | Fort Collins, Colorado
- Associated entity
- Facilities & Capabilities - Aerospace Propulsion and Diagnostics Laboratory
- Specifications
- The facility can currenty be operated in both indraft and blowdown configuration. When connected to the high-pressure gas system the facility can be run up to 150 psi.