Advanced Hypersonic Test Facilities

Hypersonic Ground Test Requirements Principles of Hypersonic Test Facility Development NASA's HYPULSE Facility at GASL The LENS I and II Hypervelocity Tunnels and Application to Hypersonic Vehicle Testing Under Fully Duplicated Flight Conditions The U-12 Large Shock Tube Detonation-Driven Shock Tubes and Tunnels Aerothermodynamics Research in the DLR High Enthalpy Shock Tunnel HEG Characteristics of the HIEST and its Applicability for Hypersonic Aerothermodynamic and Scramjet Research Piston Gasdynamic Units with Multicascade Compression Arc-Heated Facilities The SCIROCCO 70-MW Plasma Wind Tunnel Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit Arc-Heated Facilities (LBK) as a Tool to Study Aerothermodynamic Problems of Reentry Vehicles The NASA Langley Research Center 8-ft High Temperature Tunnel NASA Glenn Research Center's Hypersonic Tunnel Facility The ONERA F4 High-Enthalpy Wind Tunnel The AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 A Hypersonic Ground-Test Facility Using Magnetic Levitation and Electromagnetic Propulsion Recent Increases in Hypersonic Test Capabilities at the Holloman High Speed Test Track and Design of a Magnetically Levitated Test Track Capability Increased Launching Capabilities at AEDC's Range/Track G A New Mach 8-15 True Temperature Test Facility Concept to Meet the U.S. Shortfall in Hypersonic Test Capability New-Generation Hypersonic Adiabatic Compression Facilities with Pressure Multipliers