Indoor Wind Tunnels Terms

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LAYER WIND
MultiSurface Aerodynamics is a digital wind tunnel that can compare the performance of many airfoil shapes to make the airfoil selection process easy.

ACE
The ACE wind tunnel is a rolling-road model that was purchased from Prost GP after the team folded in 2002.

CFD
The Virtual Wind Tunnel is a Java applet that uses computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods to simulate the flow of air over a two-dimensional object.

LAYER WIND
Wind tunnel tests in a boundary layer wind tunnel allow for the natural drag of the earth's surface to be simulated.

LIFT
In a wind tunnel, the speed and direction of the air can be measured (using, for example, a Pitot tube or Laser Doppler velocimetry) and the lift calculated.

TEAMS
The new, state-of-the-art wind tunnel will play a critical role in the Honda team-s future.

TEST
The Wright wind tunnel was used more recently to test modern low-speed fliers, such as the human-powered "Albatross".

TUNNEL TESTING
Wind tunnel testing showed that the upper deck interfered with the airflow into the center engine, and the design was not pursued.

TUNNEL TESTS
Wind tunnel tests of rotorcraft are typically more complex and difficult than those of fixed-wing aircraft.

WIND TUNNELS
A vertical wind tunnel is a recreational facility for indoor skydiving.

WRIGHT
Replica of the Wright brothers' wind tunnel at the Virginia Air and Space Center.