Studying Hypersonic Flight: This Shock Tunnel Goes at Mach 6
Studying Hypersonic Flight: This Shock Tunnel Goes at Mach 6
Students and Stevens Institute get hands-on experience in fluid dynamics and aerospace engineering as they prepare a test article for a shock tunnel simulating flight speeds up to Mach 6.
This specialized wind tunnel in the Parziale Lab simulates airflow at hypersonic speed, and experiments can prove or disprove computer simulations.
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