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Ultra-High Pressure Driver and Nozzle Survivability in the RDHWT/MARIAH II Hypersonic Wind Tunnel

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An ultra-high pressure device provides a high enthalpy (> 2500 kJ/kg), low entropy (< 5 kJ/kg-K) air source for the RDHWT/MARIAH II Program Medium Scale Hypersonic Wind Tunnel. The design uses stagnation conditions of 2300 MPa (330,000 Psi) and 750 K (900 F) in a radial configuration of intensifiers around an axial manifold to deliver pure air at 100 kg/s mass flow rates for run times suitable for aerodynamic, combustion, and test and evaluation applications. Helium injection upstream of the nozzle throat reduces the throat wall recovery temperature to about 1200 K and reduces the oxygen concentration at the nozzle wall.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., Livermore, CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Defense Programs (DP) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
791325
Report Number(s):
UCRL-JC-139269
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Performance models and predictions for the RDHWT/MARIAH II hypersonic wind tunnel
  • Anderson, R.; Brown, G.; Miles, R.
  • 21st Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference, 21st Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2000-2274
conference August 2000
RDHWT/MARIAH II hypersonic wind tunnel program overview and requirements
  • Best, J.; Fetterhoff, T.; Crook, R.
  • 21st Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference, 21st Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2000-2273
conference August 2000
An ultra-high pressure, ultra-high Reynolds number blowdown wind tunnel - Design and preliminary experiments conference February 2013

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