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National Aerothermochemistry and Hypersonic Flight Laboratory

Texas A&M Hypersonic Flight

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

Pulsed Hypersonic Adjustable Contoured Expansion Nozzle Aerothermochemistry Testing Environment (PHACENATE)

The PHACENATE  (“fascinate”) facility is O(10 cm) variable Mach (3-7) facility to study non-equilibrium flows. The facility produces a continuous train of 30 msec pulses of high-speed flow (M = 4.5 – 6.0), which is synchronized to our Q-switched lasers. The duty cycle is 20 sec.

PHACENATE Facility

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