Aerospace testingClient: Hermeus
Subsonic wind-tunnel testing for a high-speed flight vehicle
We ran a multi-entry subsonic wind-tunnel campaign for Hermeus, which is developing a high-speed flight vehicle. The work covered test planning, model design, instrumentation, testing and data processing.
- Capability
- Aerospace testing
- Client
- Hermeus
- Sector
- High-speed flight vehicle development
- Scope
- Test plan, model, instrumentation, testing, data processing
- Period
- 2024 to present
Challenge, method, outcome
Challenge
Measure the low-speed aerodynamics of a scaled model of a high-speed vehicle: stability and control across angle of attack and sideslip, and the effect of configuration changes.
Method
Several tunnel entries, planned and run by one team. Angle-of-attack and sideslip sweeps, configuration changes, ground effect, and corrections for flow angularity.
Outcome
The campaign produced aerodynamic databases for the customer. The testing is subsonic. Results are client-confidential.