FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT & BUDGET
ADVANCED FLUIDS ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER
EQUIPMENT
Wind Tunnel
1. Large (1.8W x 1.5 x 4.3L, closed loop, max. air speed 75m/sec)
2. Medium (0.72W x 0.6H x 2.5L, closed loop, max. air speed 40 m/sec)
3. Small (0.4W x 0.4H x 4.5L, open loop)
4. Radiator Dissipator (0.4W x 0.4H x 0.8L)

Circulating Water Channel (1.0W x 1.1H x 4.53L)

Wake Tank (0.6W x 1.0H x 25.0L)

MHD-Propulsion Test Circuit (Sea water circuit loop, 1.4 Tesla, dipole magnet)

MAJOR INSTRUMENTS
3D LDV with auto traverse system
6-component sting balance
7-component pyramidal balance
Electric pressure scanner
Thermal video camera
Submicron particle sizer
Void fraction measuring system
High speed camera
Image processing system
Engine test bed and combustion analysis system
COMPUTING FACILITIES
Cray 2 network connection
HP 715, HP 730, HP 735, HP 755
DN 1000
SGI Crimson
SDT-200
SUN-Sparc2
DEC Alpha
Power Indigo2
Indigo 2
ANNUAL BUDGET
The fiscal of AFERC are acquired from the University for the buildings and major facilities including the large scale wind tunnel, and from Korea Science and Engineering Foundation, industry and government for research and operating funds. The approximate annual budget is 1.9 billion won (US $2.5 million)of which 0.7 billon won (US $0.9 million) is acquired from KOSEF for research and operating budget and 1.2 billion won (US $1.6 million) is acquired from the government and industries through research contracts.

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