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Existing Wind Tunnels

Comparison of a selection of existing wind tunnels:

 
organization Johns Hopkins Colorado State U.West.
Ontario
IIT KTH ASU Chalmers
location Baltimore, MD Ft.Collins, CO London,
Ontario
Chicago, IL Stockholm Tempe, AZ Gothenburg
tunnel
name
Corrsin
Tunnel
MWT BLWT2 NDF MTL UWT Nordic WT
operational in
1950s
1963
1984
1994
1991
1987
(proposed)
contraction ratio
25:1
9:1
4:1
6:1
9:1
5.5:1
5.4:1

test section

TS length
L [m]
10.00
29.30
38.25
12.19
7.00
7.40
40.00
TS width
W [m]
1.30
1.80
3.40
1.52
1.20
3.00
TS height
H [m]
1.00
1.80
2.50
1.22
0.80
3.00
test section Umax [m/s]
32
36
30
120
69
36
40
turb.level u'/U [%]
0.1
>0.1
>0.1
<0.03
<0.02
0.01
<0.02
 
("typical tunnel")
(long and large test section)
(low free-stream turbulence)
 

 

A selection of existing wind tunnels :


(Facilities marked with an (x) have been visited and examined by us.)