Our Facilities

The National Wind Tunnel Facilities cover low speed, transonic, supersonic and hypersonic speeds across all sectors including Aerospace, Automotive, Civil, Rail and Environmental. Facilities are available to industry and academic users.

Transonic/Supersonic

City, University of London

Designation:

Closed return, induction driven

Test Section Size:

0.91 x 0.91 x 3m
6.75:1 contraction ratio.

Maximum Flow Speed:

Mach 2

Transonic and Supersonic

University of Cambridge

Designation:

Open Return blow down

Test Section Size:

0.12 x 0.2 x 0.6m

NOTE: Two identical facilities

Maximum Flow Speed:

Mach 0.6 - 3.5

Supersonic

Imperial College London

Designation:

Intermittent hybrid blow-down / suck-down arrangement.

Test Section Size:

0.15 x 0.15 x 2 m (max)
20:1 contraction ratio

Maximum Flow Speed:

600 ms¯¹