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Design and performance of thin, circular arc, wind-tunnel turning vanes

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posted on 2010-09-29, 15:29 authored by G. Johl, Martin Passmore, Peter Render
The design methodology and performance of Loughborough University’s new 1·9m × 1·3m, indraft wind tunnel is discussed in the following paper. To overcome severe spatial and financial constraints, a novel configuration was employed, with the inlet and exit placed adjacent to each other and opened to atmosphere. Using a fine filter mesh, honeycomb, two turbulence reduction screens and a contraction ratio of 7·3, flow uniformity in the working area of the jet at 40ms-1 is shown to be within 0·3% deviation from the mean velocity, with turbulence intensity in the region of 0·15%.

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  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Department

  • Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering

Citation

JOHL, G., PASSMORE, M.A. and RENDER, P.M., 2007. Design and performance of thin, circular arc, wind-tunnel turning vanes. The Aeronautical Journal, 111 (1116), pp. 115-118.

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© Royal Aeronautical Society

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

Publication date

2007

ISSN

0001-9240

Language

  • en

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