Research Article

Wind Tunnel Testing on Start/Unstart Characteristics of Finite Supersonic Biplane Wing

Table 1

Specifications of supersonic and transonic wind tunnels of ISAS/JAXA.

Supersonic wind tunnelTransonic wind tunnel

TypeBlowdownBlowdown
Mach number range1.5–4.00.3–1.3
Test section size600 mm 600 mm600 mm 600 mm
Window size 600 mm 400 mm
Flow duration≥30 s≥30 s
Total pressure≥149.1 kPa≥149.1 kPa
Test gasDry airDry air