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The T6 Stalker Tunnel (T6) is Europe’s highest speed wind tunnel, capable of producing flows in excess of 20 km/s. It is a multi-mode facility, capable of operation either as reflected shock tunnel, an expansion tunnel or a shock tube. The facility is driven by the T3 free… read more

The High-Density Tunnel (HDT) is a reconfigured and upgraded facility from the original RAE shock tube, acquired by the University of Oxford in 2012. It operates either as a Ludwieg tunnel or a Light Piston Compression Heating facility, producing cold hypersonic flow conditions with test times long enough… read more

The Low Density Tunnel (LDT) is rarefied flow facility, with the ability to produce flows with high Knudsen numbers representative of those experienced in the slip regime. The facility is continuous and is capable of measuring aerodynamic coefficients by use of a magnetic suspension balance. The tunnel has a… read more

The RJ Mitchell wind tunnel at the University of Southampton has a test section of 3.6 m x 2.5 m x 10.5 m and a max speed of 40 m/s. It has a 6-component overhead balance with various mounting options, underfloor 2- component balance and two point motorised… read more

The Anechoic wind tunnel at the University of Southampton has a test section size of 1 m x 0.75 m and a speed up to 80 m/s. It has far field microphones and phased microphone array.

The University of Southampton Towing Tank is a new facility located at the recently opened Southampton Boldrewood Innovation Campus, which the University shares with Lloyd’s Register’s Global Technology Centre. With dimensions of 138 m x 6 m x 3.5 m and a maximum carriage speed of 10 m/s,… read more

The EnFlo laboratory was established so that a wide range of atmospheric boundary layer conditions could be simulated at a laboratory scale applied to the study of flow and dispersion processes. The EnFlo wind tunnel is the only wind tunnel in the UK, and one of a few… read more