Department of Aerospace (GALCIT)

Facilities

Fluid Mechanics Research Facilities

GASDYNAMICS

6" Shock Tube (Shepherd) (pdf)
17" Shock Tube (Dimotakis) (pdf)
T5 Hypervelocity Shock Tunnel (Hornung) (pdf)
Blast and Structural Dynamics Lab (Shepherd) (pdf)
Blue Tunnel (2' Wind Tunnel) (Gharib)
Detonation Physics Lab (Shepherd) (pdf)
Lucas Adaptive Wind Tunnel (pdf)
(Ludwieg) Tube Lab (Hornung) (pdf)
Merrill Wind Tunnel
Vertical Shock Tube

HYDRODYNAMICS

Free Surface Lab (Gharib) (pdf)
Hydrodynamics Lab (Dimotakis)
Keck 40-Meter Tilting Flume (Dabiri)
Multiscale Fluid Mechanics Lab (Gharib)
Noah Lab (Gharib)
Tow Tank (Gharib)
Vortex Ring Dynamics Lab (Dabiri)

BioFLUID DYNAMICS

Biological Propulsion Lab (Dabiri)
Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics Lab (Gharib) (pdf)
Lithotripsy Lab

COMBUSTION

Combustion Lab (Dimotakis) (pdf)
Supersonic Mixing/Combustion Lab (Dimotakis) (pdf)
Explosion Dynamics Lab (Shepherd) (pdf)
Detonation Physics Lab (Shepherd) (pdf)
Blast and Structural Dynamics Lab (Shepherd) (pdf)

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS

Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (Pullin)

FLOW DIAGNOSTICS

Flow Measurement & Visualization Lab (Dimotakis)
Imaging and Microoptics Lab (Gharib)
Turbulence Flow Visualization Facility (Dimotakis)
Optics Lab (Dimotakis)

Solid Mechanics Research Facilities

SOLID DYNAMICS AND MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION

Materials Testing Facility (Ravichandran) (pdf)
High-Strain-Rate Laboratory (Ravichandran) (pdf)
Dynamic Fracture Laboratory (Rosakis)

SHOCK AND IMPACT

Plate Impact Laboratory (Ravichandran) (pdf)
Small Particle Hypervelocity Impact Facility (Rosakis) (pdf)

QUANTITATIVE VISUALIZATION

Digital Image Correlation (Ravichandran)
High-Speed Imaging Facility (Rosakis) (pdf)
High-Speed Infrared Visualization Laboratory (Rosakis) (pdf)
Microscopy Facility (Ravichandran)

MICRO MECHANICS

Active Materials-MEMS Laboratory (Ravichandran)
Micro-Device Reliability Laboratory (Rosakis) (pdf)
Nano Mechanics Laboratory (Ravichandran)

COMPUTATIONAL SOLID MECHANICS

Computational Solid Mechanics Laboratory (Ortiz) (pdf)

MANUFACTURING

Aero Machine Shop
Hydro Machine Shop