UK Space Facilities Hypersonic Facilities

Hypersonic Facilities

Hypersonic wind tunnels and test systems

Fluid Gravity Engineering Limited

Access to these software tools and services for specific applications is via direct consultancy with Fluid Gravity Engineering Ltd. Some packages can also be distributed under commercial or academic license.

Hypersonic Wind Tunnel

National Wind Tunnel Facility

The National Wind Tunnel Facility (NWTF) is an initiative in which (currently) 17 wind tunnels distributed across seven UK universities are made open for up to (25% of time) to external researchers in the UK and abroad, from both university & industry.

NWTF Imperial College Hypersonic Wind Tunnel

University of Glasgow Blow-Down HSS Tunnel

University of Glasgow Shock Tunnel

University of Glasgow Wind Tunnels

Here we suimmarise our high-speed trans-, super- and hypersonic wind tunnel facilities likely to be of interest to the space community.

University of Manchester Hypersonic Wind Tunnel

University of Manchester Wind Tunnels

The University offers excellent space research capabilities supported by unique experimental facilities including supersonic/hypersonic flows, control systems, space system engineering and remote sensing, and GIS systems.

University of Oxford Hypersonics Group High Density Tunnel

University of Oxford Hypersonics Group Low Density Tunnel Facility

University of Oxford Hypersonics Group T6 Stalker Tunnel

University of Oxford, Oxford Thermofluids Insitute, Hypersonics Group