info: The Supersonic Combustion Facility

The high pressure air system and the new heater built as part of the hypersonic boundary layer facility will provide a source of clean, high temperature, high pressure air for the combustion facility. By building a new settling chamber, nozzle and working section, we will have the additional capability to perform supersonic combustion experiments in two and three-dimensional turbulent flows at static pressures up to 0.4 atmospheres, static temperatures of 300K, with flow run times up to 30 seconds. We have made considerable progress in the design of this facility, but construction is on hold due to lack of funding.