Wind flow structures and wind forces in forests by Marshall, B

“…This thesis describes a series of 1:75 scale wind tunnel experiments investigating the wind flow over, and through, three different forest models and the resultant wind loading on individual model trees. …”

The development of a heat transfer measurement technique for application to rotating turbine blades by Doorly, J

“…</p> <p>Radiant and wind tunnel testing of multi-layered cylindrical models are described, which confirm that the method is both practical and accurate.…”

Testing a transpiration cooled Zirconium-Di-Boride sample in the plasma tunnel at IRS by Ewenz Rocher, M, Hermann, T, McGilvray, M, Ifti, H, Hufgard, F, Eberhart, M, Meindl, A, Loehle, S, Giovannini, T, Vandeperre, L

“…A stagnation probe with transpiration cooled ZrB2 was tested in a plasma wind tunnel at a null point heat ux of 3.59 MW/m2 in steady state and transiently at 2 MW/m2. …”

Heat transfer in the core compressor under ice crystal icing conditions by Bucknell, A, McGilvray, M, Gillespie, DRH, Jones, G, Reed, A, Buttsworth, DR

“…The plate was installed in the Altitude Icing Wind Tunnel (AIWT) at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). …”

Applications of liquid crystals in aerodynamic testing by Bonnett, P, Bonnett, Paul

“…The results indicate that the change in transition temperature with pressure is of the order of 40°/kbar. which may not be sensitive enough for wind tunnel purposes.</p>…”

Ice crystal icing in gas turbine engines by Connolly, J

“…First, a new method for spatially resolving the three-dimensional ice accretion profile was developed and tested in an ice crystal icing wind tunnel. Historical measurement techniques were either two dimensional or could only be applied after the accretion had formed. …”

The aerodynamics of Manduca sexta: digital particle image velocimetry analysis of the leading-edge vortex. by Bomphrey, R, Lawson, N, Harding, N, Taylor, G, Thomas, A

“…Here we present the first digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV) analysis of the flow field around the wings of an insect (the tobacco hawkmoth Manduca sexta, tethered to a 6-component force-moment balance in a wind tunnel). A leading-edge vortex (LEV) is present above the wings towards the end of the downstroke, as the net upward force peaks. …”

Gas injection into second mode instability on a 7 degree cone at Mach 7 by Kerth, P, Wylie, S, Ravichandran, R, McGilvray, M

“…The influence of injection gas type on second mode instabilities is researched on a 7 degree half-angle cone at Mach 7. The wind tunnel model of 594.5 mm length with a sharp nosetip is fitted with a porous aluminium patch that spans 60 degree in azimuth and 25 mm in axial length. …”

Influence of sampling approaches on physical and geochemical analysis of aeolian dust in source regions by von Holdt, J, Eckardt, F, Baddock, M, Hipondoka, M, Wiggs, G

“…This study systematically compared dust characterisations from three established approaches for estimating dust emission potential, namely: Big Spring Number Eight (BSNE) traps, a Portable In-situ Wind Erosion Laboratory (PI-SWERL) wind tunnel, and bulk surface sampling, at a known Namib Desert dust source. …”

Experimental and computational study of the effect of momentum-flux ratio on high-pressure nozzle guide vane endwall cooling systems by Ornano, F, Povey, T

“…The study was performed on a large-scale, low-speed wind tunnel using infrared (IR) thermography. Adiabatic film effectiveness distributions were measured using IR cameras, and tests were performed across a wide range of coolant-to-mainstream momentum-flux and mass flow ratios (MFRs). …”

Urban eco-greenergy (TM) hybrid wind-solar photovoltaic energy system and its applications by Chong, W.T., Muzammil, W.K., Fazlizan, A., Hassan, M.R., Taheri, H., Gwani, M., Kothari, H., Poh, S.C.

“…The ODGV is designed to surround the VAWT for wind power augmentation by creating a venturi effect to increase the on-coming wind speed before it interacts with the turbine blades. In wind tunnel tests, the ODGV improves the power output of the VAWT by 3.48 times compared with a bare VAWT at its peak torque. …”
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Turbulent Flow In An Active Wind-Driven Ventilation Device by Abolfazl, Sousanabadi Farahani

“…The simulated prototype is placed in a control volume with the same dimensions as open circuit wind tunnel used in experimental investigation. Also the operating pressure and fluid properties are set to be the same as experiment. …”
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Lift and drag improvements of airfoil through utilization of rough surface at trailing edge by Mahmud, Abdullah Saad

“…Experimental work is carried out for this purpose using an airfoil which is specifically designed and built and using a wind tunnel with 1 by 1m cross-section and Reynolds number 4.29×105 and 5.65×105, which is considered to be typical and appropriate for the study. …”
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Mathematical Modelling of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle by Chong, Chiew Choy

“…A mathematical model of an aircraft flight dynamics can be derived through wind tunnel testing or Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis. …”
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Development of an aircraft load planning system for distribution of passenger baggage by Awang Jumat, Nurkhairunisa, Abdullah, Ermira Junita

“…The efficiency of this system was validated by testing an aircraft model inside a wind tunnel and observing the performance of the aircraft when loads were arrange randomly and also based on the proposed arrangement by the system. …”
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Effect of sensor location of smart composite plate system on feedback control performance by Abdullah, Ermira Junita, Gaikwad, Priyanka Subhash, Abang Abdul Majid, Dayang Laila, Mohd Rafie, Azmin Shakrine

“…The disturbances introduced were similar to those faced by aircraft during flight that is wind flow at varying velocities conducted in the wind tunnel. From the experimental results, it was found that the tip of the plate had the highest change in strain value and the control using input from the strain gauge located there produced the best performance as compared to input from strain gauges located at mid and root of the plate. …”
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Computation fluid dynamics study on aerodynamics blade design of Advance Precision Composite (APC) slow flyer propeller by Ahmad Faris, Ahmad Fariduddin, Basri, Adi Azriff, Basri, Ernnie Illyani, Gires, Ezanee, Hameed Sultan, Mohamed Thariq, Ahmad, Kamarul Arifin

“…The result of thrust, power coefficients and the efficiencies are validated with the experimental wind tunnel data. The results showed that the model with 25% AOP generated the nearest amount of thrust, power, and efficiency when compared to experimental data with 0.82%, 6.68% and -5.49% for lowest advance ratio of 0.236. …”
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Performance of a HAWT rotor with a modified blade configuration by Khan, Tabrej, Singh, Balbir, Hameed Sultan, Mohamed Thariq, Ahmad, Kamarul Arifin

“…A numerical investigation is carried out using two different numerical software on the chosen airfoil used in blade design validated with the analysis carried out in openloop wind tunnels. The study is divided into two phases: first, the selected airfoil is tested experimentally and using CFD, and then the findings are compared to those of the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign wind tunnel tests at low Reynolds numbers. …”
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Experimental Investigation On The Flow Structure Of A Hybrid Turbine Blade For Hydrokinetic Application by Bakar, Nurul Asyikin Abu

“…The hybrid turbine was tested in a closed-circuit wind tunnel at various flow speeds, V∞=4, 5, 6, and 7 m/s, to represent the typical river speed in Malaysia with Reynolds numbers of 89500, 112000, 134000, and 157000. …”
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Effect of Reynolds number on the wake of a Next-Generation High-Speed Train using CFD analysis by Mohammad Arafat, Mohammad Arafat, Izuan Amin Ishak, Izuan Amin Ishak, Ahmad Faiz Mohammad, Ahmad Faiz Mohammad, Amir Khalid, Amir Khalid, Md. Norrizam Mohmad Jaát, Md. Norrizam Mohmad Jaát, Mohd Fuad Yasak, Mohd Fuad Yasak

“…In addition, the simulation results were compared with the previous wind tunnel experimental data. The results indicated no significant changes in the overall wake flow structure when Re was increased. …”
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