THE HIGH TEMPERATURE HYPERSONIC GASDYNAMICS FACILITY ESTIMATED MACH NUMBER 6 THROUGH 14 PERFORMANCE,

The High Temperature Gas Dynamics Facility was developed as a result of the Aeronautical Systems Division's effort to extend the state-of the-art in hypersonic aerodynamic simulation. The facility is a hypersonic wind tunnel supplied with high pressure air, heated from a zirconia dioxide pebble heater. The maximum stagnation pressure and temperature is 40 atres and 4700 R, respectively. This facility is one of four of its kind in this hemisphere and the only Air Force facility of its type. This report discusses the modification of the facility to a two foot diameter test section with a Mach number range of 6 through 14 and its expected performance. This facility is scheduled to be operational in the Fall of 1963.