The ASU transition research facility
Conference Paper
Overview
Overview
abstract
1992 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. lnc. All rights reserved. The ASU Transition Research Facility is commonly called the ASU Unsteady Wind Tunnel because of its unsteady-flow capability. This facility has been in operation since 1988. It is a closed return tunnel within which oscillatory flows of air can be generated for the study of unsteady problems in low- speed aerodynamics. Because it also has excellent low- turbulence characteristics, it has been used principally as a boundary-layer transition research facility. The wind tunnel is described along with its unsteady calibration data. Examples of frees tream turbulence and boundary-layer transition measurements are given.