Our Facilities and Software
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Rotor noise test platform
A rotor aerodynamic and aeroacoustic measurement platform is developed in AANTC to study the aerodynamics and aeroacoustic of the rotors. The rotor locations are accurately controlled by a high-resolu....
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Airfoil noise measurement platform
An airfoil noise measurement platform is developed in AANTC based on the anechoic wind tunnel. A microphone array with 56 microphone is used for sound source detection. The diameter is 0.7m and the fr....
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Phased Microphone Array
Phased microphone array is used in AANTC to detect the aerodynamic sound sources. The array contains 56 Brüel & Kjær microphones and different beamforming algorithms are available for data processing.....
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Spinning mode duct test rig
A duct mode detection facility is developed in AANTC to evaluate the noise reduction in engine ducts. It is also used for duct mode detection method. The rig has a diameter of 200 mm, the flow speed i....
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Impedance tubes
Different impedance tubes are used to measure the acoustic impedance of sound absorption materials. It can characterize the sound transmission loss and surface impedance as well. The working frequenci....
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Grazing flow tube
There are two flow tube facilities in AANTC to study the effects of grazing flows on acoustic liners. Impedance eduction methods are conducted for different types of sound absorption materials. The di....
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Low Noise Low Speed Wind tunnel facility
The low-noise low-speed wind tunnel contains two test sections. Both sections have a cross-section of about 2.5 m wide and 2 m high and the test wind speed ranges from 15 m/s to 40 m/s. In aerodynamic....
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Anechoic wind tunnel
he anechoic wind tunnel houses an open-jet inflow duct of 0.4m (W) by 0.4m(H), and an outlet that has a cross-section of 0.6m (W) by 0.6m (H). The test section is enclosed within an anechoic chamber t....
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2D Acoustic plane wave test rig
This facility was designed and fabricated at HKUST, and it is used to evaluate prototype acoustic materials. Test samples are sandwiched tightly between two paralleled Plexi glass plates (2.4 m x 1.2 ....
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Large aerodynamic wind tunnel
WWTF's wind tunnel contains two test sections that are specifically designed for aerospace engineering and structural/environmental engineering. Both sections have a cross-section of about 2.5 m wide ....
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B&K Type 4206 Four-microphone Impedance Measurement Tube
This device is used to characterise the impedance and transmission loss properties of materials, in the frequency range of 50Hz-6.4kHz. Material samples with a diameter of 29mm and 100mm can be evalua....
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Performance Sports Test Rig
The experimental test is conducted in the wind tunnel in combination with the test rig. The wind tunnel is exclusively designed for speed racing purpose with low turbulence intensity and steady dynami....
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Acoustic Plane Wave Test Rig
This facility was designed and fabricated at HKUST, and it is used to evaluate prototype acoustic materials. Test samples are sandwiched tightly between two paralleled Plexi glass plates (2.4 m x 1.2 ....
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