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A Description of the Imperial College Arc-Heated Wind Tunnel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

J. K. Harvey  and
P. G. Simpkins
J. K. Harvey
Affiliation:
Presently at the James Forrestal Research Center, Princeton University
P. G. Simpkins
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College of Science and Technology
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Summary

This paper describes the plasma jet which has recently been put into operation in tha Department of Aeronautics. A brief outline of the apparatus and its equipment is given, and methods are described for obtaining data from the high temperature gas stream. Finally some results of a recent test programme are outlined.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 66 , Issue 622 , October 1962 , pp. 637 - 641
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1962

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