**2. The design and construction of a blow down type supersonic wind tunnel**

#### **2.1. Design of supersonic tunnel components**

Some of the details of the design of the various tunnel components are described in the follow‐ ing sections. The aerodynamic configuration finally selected for the tunnel is shown in Fig. 6.

**Figure 6.** A Schematic of the 5 ½ inch x 4 inch Supersonic Wind Tunnel
