The wind tunnel is driven by a powerful double-inlet centrifugal fan. Air is blown down the test section, enters the ambient space, and is then recycled. In detail, air flows from the fan through a coarse-flow straightener, a wide-angle diffuser with screens, a fine straightener, a settling chamber with screens, then a contraction, the working section, and finally the outlet diffuser.
The working section is 1.8 m wide, 0.9 m high, and 16 m long. Several methods of air-speed control are available, providing high speeds for turbulent boundary-layer studies and very low speeds for experiments on flow over plants. The contraction ratio is 5.5:1, similar to that of a general purpose tunnel.
Photographer : David McClenaghan
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