French engine maker Safran Aircraft Engines and France's aerospace lab ONERA are testing a model called ECOENGInE, a 1:5 scale demonstrator of the open fan engine that could be used in the CFM ...

While the earliest wind tunnels such as that used by the Wright Brothers were powered by simple fans, it is not possible for any propeller to surpass subsonic speeds. This is evidenced by there ...

It was only a few years ago that some of Formula 1’s brightest minds were predicting a future where wind tunnels were no ...

A wind tunnel is a tube-shaped or tunnel-like chamber that contains a test platform and a large fan. The fan blows a steady stream of air through the chamber in order to determine the effects of wind ...

The transparent walls for observation are created out of acrylic, while a simple fan provides the necessary flow. The desk-sized wind tunnel can then be instrumented with a manometer, tachometer ...

The basic research wind tunnel at Western Michigan University's applied aerodynamics ... A Westinghouse Class III 1370 mm centrifugal-type fan with a side discharge is used to create the air flow. The ...

ABB has upgraded a variable speed drive to extend the life of NASA’s National Transonic Facility (NTF) wind tunnel by at ...

Stellantis recently unveiled a $30 million wind tunnel at its research and technical center here that will be used to improve ...

Postdoctoral researcher Girguis O. Sedky  sitting inside of the wind tunnel, showing the covert feather-inspired flaps attached to the 3D-printed model airplane wing. The flaps deploy automatically in ...

The wind tunnel at Stellantis’ North America research and technical center is where product developers and the creative ...

The Ludwieg Tube Wind Tunnel, Göttingen (RWG) is the world's first intermittently operating large-scale aerodynamic research facility that functions according to Ludwieg's tube wind tunnel principle.

Auburn Hills — Stellantis NV leaders say a recently-finished $29.5 million upgrade to its wind tunnel will help reduce drag and increase battery range on its next generation of electric vehicles.