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National Aerothermochemistry and Hypersonic Flight Laboratory

Texas A&M Hypersonic Flight

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

Hypervelocity Expansion Tunnel (HXT)

Currently under development, HXT is a large-scale facility that provides total enthalpies up to 11 MJ/kg. The facility tube diameter is 0.5 m and will have 1.0 m nozzle exit. The planned nozzle exit Mach numbers are 9.0 and 15.0. The overall length of the facility is 36.5 m and the run time is O(ms).

HXT Facility

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