A large volume 2000 MPA air source for the radiatively driven hypersonic wind tunnel

Conference · Wed Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:9846

Constantino, M

An ultra-high pressure air source for a hypersonic wind tunnel for fluid dynamics and combustion physics and chemistry research and development must provide a 10 kg/s pure air flow for more than 1 s at a specific enthalpy of more than 3000 kJ/kg. The nominal operating pressure and temperature condition for the air source is 2000 MPa and 900 K. A radial array of variable radial support intensifiers connected to an axial manifold provides an arbitrarily large total high pressure volume. This configuration also provides solutions to cross bore stress concentrations and the decrease in material strength with temperature. [hypersonic, high pressure, air, wind tunnel, ground testing]

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Defense Programs (DP) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 9846
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC-133809; TRN: AH200125%%182
• Resource Relation: Conference: AIRAPT-17, International Conference on High Pressure Science and Technology, Honolulu, HI (US), 07/25/1999--07/30/1999; Other Information: PBD: 14 Jul 1999
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
AIR
AIR FLOW
CHEMISTRY
COMBUSTION
CONFIGURATION
ENTHALPY
PHYSICS
TESTING
WIND TUNNELS