6.3 Hypersonic “Hot” or Hyper-enthalpic Wind Tunnels
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Fig. 6.28 Operational envelope of the MARPHy facility of the ICARE institute (© Institut ICARE)
Fig. 6.29 Layout of the MARPHy wind tunnel in hypersonic configuration (© Institut ICARE)
The MARPHy wind tunnel is well suited for fundamental research on compressible rarefied flows, in particular on the aerodynamic and aerothermal behaviours of
space probes and spacecraft.
6.3.6 Other Plasma Type Facilities
Airbus Safran Launchers (ASL) at the Issac site in France also has a set of facilities
to characterise the behaviour of vehicles and their thermal protection during atmospheric re-entry missions. The different facilities cover a wide range of aerodynamic
and aerothermal applications as shown in Fig. 6.31.
A set of plasma generators can produce subsonic, supersonic, or hypersonic flows
representative of distinct re-entry phases. The generators use three types of plasma
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Fig. 6.28 Operational envelope of the MARPHy facility of the ICARE institute (© Institut ICARE)
Fig. 6.29 Layout of the MARPHy wind tunnel in hypersonic configuration (© Institut ICARE)
The MARPHy wind tunnel is well suited for fundamental research on compressible rarefied flows, in particular on the aerodynamic and aerothermal behaviours of
space probes and spacecraft.
6.3.6 Other Plasma Type Facilities
Airbus Safran Launchers (ASL) at the Issac site in France also has a set of facilities
to characterise the behaviour of vehicles and their thermal protection during atmospheric re-entry missions. The different facilities cover a wide range of aerodynamic
and aerothermal applications as shown in Fig. 6.31.
A set of plasma generators can produce subsonic, supersonic, or hypersonic flows
representative of distinct re-entry phases. The generators use three types of plasma