SUBSONIC WIND TUNNEL (AF100)

A compact, practical open-circuit suction wind tunnel for studying aerodynamics. The wind tunnel saves time and money compared with full-scale wind tunnels or airborne laboratories, and it offers a wide variety of experiments. The wind tunnel gives accurate results and is suitable for undergraduate study and research projects. TecQuipment offers a comprehensive range of optional models and instrumentation, including a computer-based data acquisition system.

AF100 Features

• Saves time and money compared to full-scale wind-tunnels or airborne laboratories
• Operates at meaningful Reynolds numbers
• Compact, open-circuit suction design
• Wide variety of experiments in aerodynamics
• Comprehensive selection of optional instrumentation, models and ancillaries
• High levels of safety
• Controls and instrumentation conveniently mount on a separate, free standing frame
• Works with TecQuipment’s Versatile Data Acquisition System (VDAS®) to allow accurate real-time data capture, monitoring and display on a computer

AF100 Experiments

• Flow past bluff and streamlined bodies with pressure and velocity observations in the wake
• Investigations into boundary layer development
• Influence of aspect ratio on aerofoil performance
• Performance of an aerofoil with flap, influence of flap angle on lift, drag and stall
• Pressure distribution around a cylinder under sub and super-critical flow conditions
• Study of characteristics of models involving basic measurement of lift and drag forces
• Study of the characteristics of three-dimensional aerofoils involving measurement of lift, drag and pitching moment
• Study of the pressure distribution around an aerofoil model to derive the lift and comparison with direct measurements of lift
• Drag force on a bluff body normal to an air flow
• Flow visualisation