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1961
Impacts of building layout on pedestrian level wind comfort and gas pollutant diffusion
Published 2021-12-01“…The SIMPLE algorithm is selected for the pressure-velocity coupling. The data from wind tunnel experiment at Tokyo Polytechnic University is employed in the validation case. …”
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1962
HFFB Test and Wind-Induced Vibration Analysis on 1 000 kV Transformer Frame
Published 2022-11-01“…Five section models and one whole model of the TF1000 were designed and constructed using 3D printing, and these were evaluated in a wind tunnel by means of HFFB tests for multiple loading scenarios. …”
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1963
On the Investigation of the Effect of Tower and Hub Exclusion on the Numerical Results of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine
Published 2022-06-01“…Firstly, a full-scale horizontal axis wind turbine simulation was carried out, and subsequently, comparisons were made with the results of the wind tunnel experiment utilizing the K-omega SST and Sparlat Allmaras viscosity models. …”
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1964
CFD analysis of the generic isolated indoor stadium: Impact of wind direction and roof configuration for wind drift in badminton
Published 2023-01-01“…Grid independency is carried out to compare the results with wind tunnel measurement data from the literature. The non-dimensional velocity and coefficient of pressure contour are obtained in the vertical centre plane and horizontal plane (H=0.06m and 0.02m) from the ground. …”
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1965
Experimental and Numerical Analyses of a Novel Wing-In-Ground Vehicle
Published 2022-02-01“…The results from the CFD analysis qualitatively match with the findings of wind tunnel experiments. Surface streamlines and boundary layer measurements correspond well with the numerical data. …”
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1966
Effect of dimple shape, occupancy, and volume ratio on aerodynamic characteristics of golf balls during rotation
Published 2023-07-01“…Using these balls, we carried out lift and drag measurements of the rotating balls in wind tunnel experiments. Then, a flight trajectory simulation was performed based on the obtained experimental results. …”
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1967
On the wake deflection of vertical axis wind turbines by pitched blades
Published 2023-04-01“…A trailing vortex system responsible for the wake topology is hypothesized based on a simplified vorticity equation that describes the relationship between load distribution and its vortex generation; the proposed vorticity system and the resulting wake topology are experimentally validated in the wind tunnel via stereoscopic particle image velocimetry measurements of the flow field at several wake cross‐sections. …”
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1968
Energy Efficiency in Greenhouse Evaporative Cooling Techniques: Cooling Boxes versus Cellulose Pads
Published 2014-03-01“…Evaporative cooling boxes provide an alternative to such systems. Using a low-speed wind tunnel, the present work has compared the performance of this system with four pads of differing geometry and thickness manufactured by two different companies. …”
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1969
Analytical Model for Phase Synchronization of a Pair of Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines
Published 2022-06-01“…The phase-synchronized rotation of a pair of closely spaced vertical-axis wind turbines has been found in wind tunnel experiments and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. …”
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1970
Flight Control Design for a Tailless Aircraft Using Eigenstructure Assignment
Published 2011-01-01“…We apply eigenstructure assignment to the design of a flight control system for a wind tunnel model of a tailless aircraft. The aircraft, known as the innovative control effectors (ICEs) aircraft, has unconventional control surfaces plus pitch and yaw thrust vectoring. …”
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1971
Influence of a rough surface on the aerodynamic characteristics of a rotating cylinder
Published 2021-09-01“…Experimental studies of aerodynamics process of rotating cylinders were carried out in the aerodynamic laboratory using the T-1-M wind tunnel at an air flow value of 5 to 15 m/s. Graphs of dependences of rotating cylinder's lifting force and drag force on the changing air flow velocity and on relative roughness, k/d, are obtained. …”
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1972
Analyzing Wind Effects on Long-Span Bridges: A Viable Numerical Modelling Methodology Using OpenFOAM for Industrial Applications
Published 2023-08-01“…It offers distinct advantages when compared with the current standard practice of wind tunnel testing, which can have several limitations. …”
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1973
Experimental Evaluation of PM Emission from Red Mud Basins Exposed to Wind Erosion
Published 2021-04-01“…An experimental research was carried with an environmental wind tunnel to estimate the Emission Factor (EF) of the basin surfaces as a function of the main affecting variables (i.e., residue water content and wind velocity). …”
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1974
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1975
DC-driven positive streamer coronas in airflow
Published 2022“…The experiments are performed in an open return wind tunnel with winds up to 30 m s<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup> orthogonal to the needle. …”
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1976
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1977
Adaptive Mesh Euler Equation Computations of Vortex Breakdown in Delta Wing Flow
Published 2012“…The aerodynamic normal force coefficients show excellent agreement with wind tunnel data measured by Jarrah, which demonstrates the importance of adaptation in obtaining an accurate solution. …”
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Technical Report -
1978
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1979
Aerodynamics investigation of MAV with flexible wing
Published 2011“…Flexible-wing MAV’s advantage over rigid-wing MAV is that it is able to fly much smoother in gusty wind conditions. As such, wind tunnel experiments at free stream velocity of 21 m/s were carried out on various flexible wing configurations to determine ways of further enhancing their lift and longitudinal stability by means of varying the degree of wing flexibility. …”
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1980
B147 study on airfoil performance in gusts
Published 2014“…This lack of information stems from the fact that the wind tunnels developed are based mostly on more ‘ideal’ situations instead of ‘real-world’ situations where there can be sudden differences in wind speed and direction. …”
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