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The viability of the Superorbital Expansion Tube concept as a ground-based testing facility has been demonstrated by the operation of a small scale tube able to produce test flows in air of up to 13 km.s−1 for durations of 15 μs. The useability of these test flows for aerodynamic research has been confirmed by initial experiments measuring heat transfer rates to the surface of a model placed in the flow. The flat plate heating rates measured at superorbital velocity are found to be of the same order as Eckert’s laminar correlation.
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Neely, A.J., Morgan, R.G. (1995). Hypervelocity Aerodynamics in a Superorbital Expansion Tube. In: Brun, R., Dumitrescu, L.Z. (eds) Shock Waves @ Marseille I. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78829-1_31
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