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T6: The Oxford University Stalker Tunnel
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The University of Oxford has embarked on developing the UK’s fastest wind tunnel, T6, in collaboration with the University of Queensland (Australia) using technology pioneered by the late Professor Ray Stalker. The T6 facility couples the ex-Australian National University T3 free piston driver to the barrels, nozzles and test section of the Oxford gun tunnel. The facility can operate in three different modes; as a shock tube, a reflected shock tunnel or as an expansion tunnel. The T6 facility will be unique to Europe allowing for hypervelocity ground testing not possible in any current EU facilities, whilst having the flexibility to conduct tests across a large range of speeds and binary scaling products (ρL) of interest.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Preview, Accepted manuscript, pdf, 1.0MB, Terms of use)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.2514/6.2015-3545
Authors
- Publisher:
- European Space Agency
- Host title:
- Proceedings of 8th European Symposium on Aerothermodynamics for Space Vehicles
- Publication date:
- 2015-07-02
- Acceptance date:
- 2015-03-02
- Event title:
- 8th European Symposium on Aerothermodynamics for Space Vehicles
- Event location:
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Event start date:
- 2015-03-02
- Event end date:
- 2015-03-06
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- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1280226
- Local pid:
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pubs:1280226
- Deposit date:
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2022-09-29
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- Copyright holder:
- McGilvray et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2015
- Rights statement:
- Copyright © 2015 by Matthew McGilvray, Luke Doherty, Richard Morgan, David Gildfind. Published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., with permission.
- Notes:
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This conference paper was presented at 20th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article.
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