National Transonic Facility
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The National Transonic Facility is a high-pressure, cryogenic wind tunnel at NASA’s Langley Research Center used to test aircraft and aerospace vehicle designs at transonic speeds with high aerodynamic accuracy.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cryogenic wind tunnel
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high-pressure wind tunnel ⓘ wind tunnel ⓘ |
| affiliation | NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate ⓘ |
| capability |
full-scale or large-scale model testing
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high Reynolds number simulation of flight conditions ⓘ high-fidelity aerodynamic data ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| designedFor | transonic speeds ⓘ |
| field |
aerodynamics
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aerospace engineering ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | NTF ⓘ |
| infrastructureType | ground test facility ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hampton, Virginia
NERFINISHED
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Langley Research Center ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Langley Research Center
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| medium | nitrogen ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
cryogenic operation
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high Reynolds number capability ⓘ high aerodynamic accuracy ⓘ |
| operator |
NASA
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Langley Research Center ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Langley Research Center
|
| ownedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf |
Langley Research Center
ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Langley Research Center
|
| pressureCapability | high pressure ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
aerodynamic testing
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aerospace vehicle design testing ⓘ aircraft design testing ⓘ transonic testing ⓘ |
| purpose |
improve aerodynamic performance of aircraft
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support development of new aircraft configurations ⓘ validate computational fluid dynamics models ⓘ |
| researchArea |
aeroelasticity
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aircraft performance ⓘ high-lift systems ⓘ transonic aerodynamics ⓘ transport aircraft design ⓘ |
| speedRegime | transonic ⓘ |
| temperatureRange | cryogenic temperatures ⓘ |
| testMedium | nitrogen gas ⓘ |
| usedBy |
NASA researchers
ⓘ
aerospace industry ⓘ aircraft manufacturers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
configuration screening for new aircraft
ⓘ
control surface evaluation ⓘ drag reduction studies ⓘ lift and stability measurements ⓘ |
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