The HWT’s nozzle and test section, including the jack system that contoured the top and bottom walls are visible with one side retracted. Note the side wall hanging from the monorail at far left.
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One method for attempting free-flight test conditions in the HWT is shown here: wire suspension.
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With one side open for access, the flexible top and bottom of the 20-Inch Supersonic Wind Tunnel's nozzle and the actuating rods can easily be seen.
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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s wind tunnels were located in a group of structures on the northern top side of the campus
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Shadowgraphs such as this one of a blunt cone-flare in free flight at Mach 5 clearly revealed shock waves. The nose shock’s formation some distance ahead of a blunt body greatly reduced the heat transferred to the body at speeds above Mach 5.
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