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June 15, 2022
Propulsion team continues flow visualization study to save time, money

Team members with the 717th Test Squadron, 804th Test Group, Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold Air Force Base are continuing to collect shadowgraph measurements of high sound pressure level nozzle acoustic events to validate computational fluid dynamics, or CFD, prediction methods.To
Feb. 16, 2021
AEDC Aeropropulsion team takes the lead on AFWERX Rapid Test Technique Development effort

The Arnold Engineering Development Complex Aeropropulsion Combined Test Force team at Arnold Air Force Base has become involved with AFWERX to explore ways to reduce the time required to prepare to test new U.S. Air Force turbine engines. AFWERX is an Air Force initiative started in 2017 to foster
Nov. 22, 2017
CFD verifies new AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 nozzle design

The new Mach 18 nozzle design at the AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 in White Oak, Maryland, near Silver Spring, has been successfully verified using computational fluid dynamic (CFD) codes.A new nozzle was needed to extend the range of desired conditions from the Mach 7, 8, 10 and 14 conditions

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