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Mach 6 Quiet Tunnel (M6QT)

The M6QT is a seminal low-disturbance facility that transitioned from NASA Langley to TAMU for fundamental studies of boundary layer stability and transition. The M6QT has quiet Reynolds number range is 3.0 – 11.0 million per meter and has a nozzle exit diameter of 0.18 m. This facility has a run time of 40 seconds with a 2.5 hour duty cycle.

Mach 6 Quiet Tunnel

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