Ames Aeronautical Laboratory near southern tip of San Francisco Bay, maintains and operates nine wind tunnels, varying from 40 × 80-ft tunnel capable of testing full scale models of smaller planes, to 1 × 3-ft supersonic tunnel in which wind speed is 2580 mph; investigations being carried out cover: swept wings; air scoops on high speed airplanes; ram-jet propulsion; formation of shock waves around airfoil at supersonic speeds; supersonic wind tunnels are provided with Schlieren cameras, and shock waves are visibly projected on screen.
Supersonic research
Western Flying
Western Flying ; 26 , n 8 ; p 38 + 46
1946
Article (Journal)
English
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