CAD Rendering Showing The Internal Wind Tunnel Air Pressure Tubing 3D Printed SLA Model Used in a Hypersonic Wind Tunnel at Mach 5 Pressure Tubing Connection Points Built into the 3D Printed Part Wind Tunnel Tests Evaluate Air Intake System for Hypersonic Motor SLA Technology Selected because Resin could be removed from Tubing 3D Printed Model Inside the Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Schlerien image shows external shock pattern around intake at Mach 5 Get a Quote Now
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Mach 5 Wind Tunnel Model

Market Sector: Aerospace

Processes Used: SLA - 3D Printing

Model Type: Scale Models, Wind Tunnel Models

Project Purpose: Product Development Prototype

Background.

The SABRE engine has been specifically conceived to power the single stage to orbit Skylon space vehicle concept developed by Reaction Engines Limited.

This engine utilises air-breathing propulsion to accelerate the vehicle from a standstill on the run-way to above five times the speed of sound, high-up in the atmosphere. The rocket motors are then ignited taking the vehicle into orbit.

Central to the success engine is the design of the air intake. A number of candidate configurations have been developed by GasDynamics Ltd. and assessed in their hypersonic wind tunnel.

The use of SLA enables the manufacture of high fidelity models which can readily incorporate the instrumentation necessary to assess the design. The image reveal the extensive use of pressure taps to measure the pressure inside the intake, a key measure of performance. The Schlerien image shows the external shock wave pattern around the intake at indicdence at Mach 5.

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