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WINDTUNNELS
AERODYNAMICS &
DEFINITION WINDTUNNELS
AERODYNAMICS:
IS THE STUDY OF
THE FORCES EXERTED BY
AIR OR OTHER GASES IN MOTION
THE SCIENTIFIC
METHOD:
CREATE AN
DESCRIBE ANALYTICAL
THE MODEL
PROBLEM (DESIGN AND
DEVELOP A
UNDERSTANDING AERODYNAMICS
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
NEWTONS THIRD LAW OF MOTION
POTENTIAL & KINETIC ENERGY
CONTINUITY EQUATION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
PE = mass x g x height = weight x height
KINETIC ENERGY
KE = mass x velocity2 = weight x velocity2
2g
STATIC PRESSURE
V=0
AERODYNAMICS OF WINGS
ANGLE OF ATTACK
WRIGHT BROTHERS
WIND TUNNEL
Critical to the Wright
Brothers success was
their wind tunnel.
When they tested their
previous design that
failed expectations they
discovered that its lift
was 1/3 of design
predictions
OPTIONS
CLOSED LOOP:
Facilitates changes in altitude
(pressure).
Reduces energy consumption.
OPEN LOOP:
Required for engine testing and
testing with inlet additives (eg water,
contamination, etc.
Ambient
Inlet air heaters & coolers
Exhaust pumps to vary altitude
and flight speed.
BLOW DOWN :
Open configuration
Closed configuration
NON - AIRCRAFT
APPLICATIONS
0
EFFECT OF HIGH
WIND SPEED ON
HOUSE ROOF LOADS
AERODYNAMICS OF VEHICLES
OBJECTIVE: REDUCE DRAG FOR REDUCED FUEL
CONSUMPTION AND INCREASED SPEED.
AUTOMOBILES,
RACE CARS,
MOTORCYCLES &
TRUCKS
MERCEDES BENZ
ENVIRONMENTAL
TESTING
NASA
LANGLEY
FULL SCALE
TESTING
GM WIND TUNNEL
SMOKE STREAMS
Smoke
streams
clearly show
flow
separation
and
turbulence
which means
higher drag
and higher
fuel
consumption
INVERTED WING
WOOL TUFTS
SKI JUMPING
DOWNHILL RACING
SPEED SKATING
SKY DIVING
BICYCLE RACING
GOLF
SKI JUMPING
V STYLE
CLASSIC
STYLE
SKY DIVING
MODERN VERTICAL
WIND TUNNELS FOR
FUN AND GAMES
RACING APPLICATIONS
PEDALING A
BICYCLE AT 152
MPH
Dennis Barbeau
dennisb@innsolinc.com