Aerospace Testing Facilities in India

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Aerospace Testing Facilities available in India

Title of the Aerospace 0.55 Low Speed Wind Tunnel

Test

Name of the Organisation CSIR

Name of theLab National Aerospace Laboratories - NAL

Place of the Lab Bangalore

Category of Aerospace Wind Tunnel Testing

Test

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Aerospace Test

Year of Establisment 1970

Test Applications
Steady and Unsteady pressure measurements
Flow visualization : turf, surface oil, smoke wire
Flow diagnostic tests : Particle Image Velocimety. LDV, Hotwire
anemometry
Special tests (other than those listed above)

Test Special Features

Typical test duration: Continuous up to 4 hours
Stagnation pressure & Temperature range: Atmospheric pressure and
temperature.

Other Test Information

National Instruments 6035 E
(16 Bit Resolution, Range: +/- 10V, No. of Input Channel ; 8 channel
differential mode)
Flow separation control by D-type injection in axi symmetric and 2D flows
Drag reduction in bluff body flows by forward splitter plate
Studies on oscillation airfoil using phase-locked PIV
Flow control using smart material based techniques
Flow field studies on delta wing using stereoscopic PIV
Replacement Screens, installation of new AC motor for low speeds
Tunnel cross section was circular earlier, converted to Rectangular test
section in the year 2002.
Experimental Aerodynamics Division - EAD

Contact Person /
The Director
Institution National Aerospace Laboratories
PB.no.1779, Kodihalli
Bangalore - 560 017
Contact No.: +91- 080-25086001
Fax No.: +91- 080-25269611
Email: director@nal.res.in
Website: http://www.nal.res.in

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