Wind-tunnels

Facility Location	Type Power	Test section Area or LxH	Speed Mach number	Reynolds number (in Millions) based on 0.1
F1 Fauga	Continuous pressurized subsonic 9.5 MW	4 model-carts 4.5x3.5 m²	123 m/s M 0.36	8
F2 Fauga	Continuous atmospheric subsonic 0.75 MW	1.4x1.8 m²	100 m/s	1.1
CEPRA19 Saclay	a Continuous atmospheric aeroacoustic 7 MW	Open jet Ø 2 m	130 m/s	1.3
CEPRA19 Saclay	a Continuous atmospheric aeroacoustic 7 MW	Open jet Ø 3 m	60 m/s	0.8
S1MA Modane	Continuous atmospheric sub/transonic 88 MW	Cart #1: 40/42.6 m² slotted walls	M < 1	7.3 / 7.5
		Cart #2: 45 m² solid walls	M < 1	7.7
		Cart #3: 45.4/47 m² solid walls	M < 1	7.7 / 7.9
		Cart #4: 38.5 m² anechoic walls	M 0.85	6.7
S2MA Modane	Continuous pressurized sub/trans/ supersonic 55 MW	Transonic 1.75 x 1.77 m²	0.2 M 1.3	5.4
S2MA Modane	Continuous pressurized sub/trans/ supersonic 55 MW	Supersonic 1.75 x 1.93 m²	1.5 M 3.1	4.0

Facility Location	Type Power	Test section Area or LxH	Speed Mach number	Reynolds number (in Millions) based on 0.1
S3MA Modane	Blow-down pressurized sub/trans/ supersonic	Transonic 0.56 x 0.78 m²	0.1 M 1.3	3.5
S3MA Modane	Blow-down pressurized sub/trans/ supersonic	Supersonic 0.76 x 0.80 m²	1.65 M 5.5	3.2
S4MA Modane	Blow-down hypersonic	Ø 0.68 m	M = 6.4	1.7
		Ø 1 m	M = 10	0.9
		Ø 1 m	M = 12	0.35
F4 Fauga	Arc heated high-enthalpy hypersonic 2.5 - 17 MJ/kg	Nozzle 1: Ø 670 mm	8 < M < 17	2
		Nozzle 2: Ø 670 mm	7 < M < 13	3
		Nozzle 3: Ø 430 mm	6 < M < 11	5
		Nozzle 4: Ø 930 mm	9 < M < 21	1

Facility Location	Type	Features	Speed Mach number
S4B Modane	Model engine calibration facility (vacuum tank)	Test rigs for 4” to 9" Turbine Power Simulators and nozzles	Simulated Mach number < 1 (TPS) < 5 (nozzles)
BD2 Modane	Test bench for nozzles / afterbodies with heated core and secondary floors	Mass-flow: 30 kg/s Pressure: 25 bar Temperature: 1150 K	N/A
R4 Modane	Cascade wind-tunnel	2D width: 120 mm Reynolds number: 3.3 10⁶ (chord 100 mm)	M = 0.3 à 1.6
TURMA Modane	Test rig with two turbine stages with different speeds of rotation. possibly contrarotating	Mass-flow: 11 kg/s Pressure: 4 bar Temperature: 450K Power: HP 2MW ; BP 0.75MW	N/A

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