Shock Tunnels and Expansion Tubes - UQ reSEARCHers (Profile)

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A major shock tunnel facility and the world's fastest expansion tunnel, which provide unique opportunities for aerodynamic modelling, are located in the Centre for Hypersonics.

Areas of expertise include:

Development of hypervelocity test facilities (see 'Facilities' link for current equipment)

SCRAMjet propulsion (experiment, analysis and design)

Rocket flight testing

Aerothermodynamic experimentation and analysis

Advanced instrumentation for aerodynamic measurements

Computational fluid dynamic analysis of hypervelocity flows

Optical diagnostics for hypervelocity superorbital flows

	Keywords

	Engineering: Wind Tunnels, Engineering: Thermodynamics Engineering, Engineering: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Engineering: Aerodynamics, Science and Technology: Supersonic Aircraft, Science and Technology: Aircraft Propulsion Technology, Science and Technology: Air Breathing Engines

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