Research on the acceleration effect of horizontal wind in mountainous terrain by Lin He, Zheng Zhong’an, Li Xiaojun, Yu Wenshu, Xia Xiang, Ji Wei, Ye Jichao, Wu Jianyong

“…To study the distribution characteristics of horizontal wind in mountainous areas, in this study, wind tunnel experiments were conducted on regular mountain models with different slopes to investigate the wind field characteristics at various locations in the mountain range. …”
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Flow and Temperature Characteristics of a 15° Backward-Inclined Jet Flame in Crossflow by Ching Min Hsu, Dickson Bwana Mosiria, Wei Chih Jhan

“…The flow and flame characteristics of a 15° backward-inclined jet flame in crossflow were investigated in a wind tunnel. The flow structures, flame behaviors, and temperature fields were measured. …”
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Resolvent analysis of a finite wing in transonic flow by Jelle Houtman, Sebastian Timme, Ati Sharma

“…Second, we showcase its application as a predictive tool to detect transonic buffet flow unsteadiness, well before a global stability analysis can first identify its dynamics through weakly damped eigenmodes, using the NASA common research model at wind-tunnel conditions. Third, we discuss its ability to uncover modal physics, not identifiable through global stability analysis, revealing higher-frequency wake and wingtip vortex modes while shedding some light on the elusive finite wing equivalent of the aerofoil buffet mode. …”
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Active flutter suppression for a flexible wing model with trailing-edge circulation control via reinforcement learning by Zhen Chen, Zhiwei Shi, Sinuo Chen, Shengxiang Tong, Yizhang Dong

“…To avoid the problem that the nonlinear aeroelastic model is difficult to establish accurately, we trained a closed-loop control strategy based on the model-free deep reinforcement learning algorithm through aeroelastic wind tunnel testing. The results show that the strategy can intelligently select the appropriate jet intensity according to the real-time state of the flexible wing. …”
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Diagnostics of water sprays for cooling suction air of gas turbine by Keitaro MOTOI, Katsuhiko SUGITA, Shuichi UMEZAWA, Hisanobu KAWASHIMA, Tsuneaki ISHIMA

“…PDA (Phase Doppler Anemometry) measurements are conducted at each cross section in wind tunnel which is scale model of inlet duct. Pin type nozzles and a hole type nozzle are tested. …”
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Influence of end plate placement on the reduction of airfoil tip vortex formation noise by Schneehagen Erik W., Geyer Thomas F., Sarradj Ennes

“…Microphone array measurements were performed in a small aeroacoustic wind tunnel for chord based Reynolds numbers between 75,000 and 200,000 and geometric angles of attack between 0° and 20°. …”
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Behaviors of charged air flow on the step surface with an electric potential by Noboru MAEDA, Kazuhiro MAEDA

“…In addition, the results of an experiment using a desktop wind tunnel are given as extra information.…”
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A conformal mapping technique to correlate the rotating flow around a wing section of vertical axis wind turbine and an equivalent linear flow around a static wing by Hiromichi Akimoto, Yutaka Hara, Takafumi Kawamura, Takuju Nakamura, Yeon-Seung Lee

“…However, performance prediction of VAWT is usually based on the fluid dynamic coefficients obtained in wind tunnel measurements of the two-dimensional static wing. …”
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Investigation of periodic characteristics of perturbed flow over a slender body by Li Zhao, Yankui Wang, Zhongyang Qi

“…The effects of the bluntness were investigated at high AoA (α = 50°) to clarify the evolution of the separated pattern from open-to close-type separation by the nose and by the periodic characteristics of perturbed flow. Wind tunnel experimental tests were conducted to investigate the periodic characteristics of asymmetric flow at a Reynolds number ReD = 1.54 × 105, based on incoming free-stream velocity (U∞) and the diameter (D) of the model. …”
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Aerodynamic Performance of Micro Aerial Wing Structures at Low Reynolds Number by Y. D. DWIVEDI, Vasishta BHARGAVA, P. M. V. RAO, Donepudi JAGADEESH

“…The experiments were conducted in wind tunnel for incompressible flow regime to demonstrate the coefficients of lift drag and glide ratio at two Reynolds numbers 1.9x104 and 1.5x105 and for angles of attack ranging between 00 and 160. …”
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Experimental stand for physical modelling of flows in the flow path of hydraulic turbines by G. V. Orekhov, M. K. Sklyadnev

“…The air flow is generated by AeroLab wind tunnel. PIV system consisting of two Imager HS cameras and NL 200-15 laser is used as measuring equipment. …”
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Flow in Pillow-Plate Channels for High-Speed Turbomachinery Heat Exchangers by Stephan Sundermeier, Maximilian Passmann, Stefan aus der Wiesche, Eugeny Y. Kenig

“…A pillow-plate channel was placed in the test section of a blow-down wind tunnel working with dry air, and compressible flow phenomena were investigated utilizing conventional and focusing schlieren optics; furthermore, static and total pressure measurements were performed. …”
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Wind Load of Low-Rise Building Based on Fluent Equilibrium Atmospheric Boundary Layer by Li Zhao, Yuxue Li

“…The numerical simulation results of the wind pressure coefficient on the surface of the structure are in good agreement with the wind tunnel tests and field measurement results. It is shown that the method can effectively improve the accuracy simulation of the self-sustaining equilibrium of atmospheric boundary layer. …”
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An Experimental Study of Pool Fire Characteristics under the Effects of Cross Winds and Baffles by Xin Huang, Zhilei Yu, Zhiming Zhan

“…Square pool fires with dimension of 8 cm and 12 cm with baffle height from 4 to 12 cm and different distances between fire and baffle (0, 20, 30 cm) were tested in a wind tunnel. The experimental results show that the burning rate increases with the increase in cross wind velocity for each baffle height. …”
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Analysis of Flow Field behind a Road Vehicle With/Without Rear Air Spoiler by Aly Elzahaby, El-Shenawy Abd elhamid, Abd-Elkader Bekhatro, Mohamed Amro, Aly Hafez, Mohamed Elmidany

“…A vehicle model scaled in the ratio of 1/18 is set up in the mid-section of a closed-loop wind tunnel. The Reynolds number based on the vehicle length is taken in the range of 16.37x103 up to 3.77x105, i.e. …”
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Validation of a Large-Eddy Simulation Approach for Prediction of the Ground Roughness Influence on Wind Turbine Wakes by Victor P. Stein, Hans-Jakob Kaltenbach

“…The ability of high-fidelity computational fluid mechanics simulation to quantitatively predict the influence of ground roughness on the evolution of the wake of a three-bladed horizontal axis wind turbine model is tested by comparison with wind tunnel measurements. The approach consists of the implicit approximate deconvolution large-eddy simulation formulation of Hickel et al., (2006), that is, for the first time, combined with a wall-stress model for flow over rough surfaces and with the actuator line approach (ALM) for modeling of the rotor. …”
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Experiment and simulation of electron density distribution in discharge plasma at hypersonic speed by Xin Liu, Jia Zhang, Cheng Luo, Mengjia Dang, Mengjiao Lin, Pengfei Zhang

“…To study the evolution process of pulsed discharge plasma jet in a hypersonic flow field, the pulsed discharge experiment was performed in a hypersonic wind tunnel with 8 M in this paper. The plasma evolution process and electron density were measured by a high-speed schlieren device and spectrum acquisition system. …”
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Design optimization of a blunt trailing-edge airfoil for wind turbines under rime ice conditions by Xu Zhang, Zheng Wang, Wei Li, Zituo Wang, Mateusz Bocian

“…The rime ice shape from wind tunnel tests is fitted using a linear interpolation algorithm with equidistant and equiangular steps to preserve the same number of ice shape feature points. …”
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Development of low-speed wind energy harvesting device by Adel Younis, Zuomin Dong, Mohamed El Badawy, Fadi Al Khatib, Abeer Al Anazi

“…The CFD simulations were concentrated on the elastic rod (mast), which represents the critical component of the proposed model. Wind tunnel was used to conduct the experimental work. …”
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Maximizing wind farm power output with the helix approach: Experimental validation and wake analysis using tomographic particle image velocimetry by Daan van derHoek, Bert Van denAbbeele, Carlos Simao Ferreira, Jan‐Willem vanWingerden

“…This paper presents a wind tunnel study with two scaled wind turbine models of which the upstream turbine is operated with the helix approach. …”
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