“I was surprised how much dirt and dog hair were in the tunnel as I thought the carpet wasn’t that dirty,” she says. “The Hoover did a good job picking up visible dog hair and invisible dirt.
The institute has a number of setups that permit experimental wind tunnel analysis of various model configurations with different motion forms to meet the needs of various issues within the field of ...
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The H2K of the DLR Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology in Cologne is a wind tunnel with a free-jet test section. The facility enables aerodynamic and aerothermal characterisation for scale ...
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 ...
The A1 wind tunnel at the University of Bristol is closed-section wind tunnel, with a 2.1 m x 1.5 m octagonal test section and can reach flow speed of 60 m/s. The return section, measuring at 5.5 m x ...
They are essential for the testing of aircraft components, providing valuable data on lift, drag, and stability. Often in aerospace wind tunnels, scale models will be used that can reduce the size of ...
Before anything leaves ground though, these machines are tested in wind tunnels. [Scott Manley]’s video “How Hypersonic Wind Tunnels Recreate Mach 20” (embedded below) does a wonderful job ...
Typically, when we talk about wind tunnels, we think of the big facilities in use by the aerospace and motorsports industries. However, there’s nothing stopping you building a wind tunnel of ...