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Jason Darby 1-17-08 Aerothermodynamics Feasibility and Wind Tunnel Costs. Wind Tunnel Costs. Purdue’s “Quiet” Mach 6 Wind Tunnel About $10/hour to run Only 18” (~46 cm) in diameter 6-8 second runs NASA’s Glenn Research Center 1’x1’ Supersonic Wind Tunnel Approximately $34/hour to run
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Jason Darby1-17-08AerothermodynamicsFeasibility and Wind Tunnel Costs AAE 450 Spring 2008
Wind Tunnel Costs • Purdue’s “Quiet” Mach 6 Wind Tunnel • About $10/hour to run • Only 18” (~46 cm) in diameter • 6-8 second runs • NASA’s Glenn Research Center 1’x1’ Supersonic Wind Tunnel • Approximately $34/hour to run • 12” (~30.5 cm) in diameter • 10 discrete airspeeds between Mach 1.3 and 6.0 AAE 450 Spring 2008 Aerothermodynamics and Thermal Loads
Overall Feasibility Check • Scaled-down model • Less than 46 cm in length (30 cm in NASA case) • Less than 2116 cm2 area (929 cm2 in NASA case) • Man-hours • Building and testing model, analyzing results Future Work • Update numbers on size, materials, and cost of model AAE 450 Spring 2008 Aerothermodynamics and Thermal Loads
Backup Slides • Wind Tunnel Comparison AAE 450 Spring 2008 Aerothermodynamics and Thermal Loads
References • Estorf, Malte; Radespiel, Rolfe; Schneider, Steven; Johnson, Heath; Hein, Stefan, “Surface-Pressure Measurements of Second-Mode Instability in Quiet Hypersonic Flow”, 2008 • http://facilities.grc.nasa.gov/1x1/index.html • http://wte.larc.nasa.gov/facilities_updated/fluid_dynamics/20inch_supersonic2.htm AAE 450 Spring 2008 Aerothermodynamics and Thermal Loads