In order to determine the best way to simulate a road in the full-scale climatic wind tunnel of the Voklswagenwerk AG, a series of comparative tests between road and tunnel have been carried out. In ...

Experiments were conducted in the Unsteady Pressure Gradients Facility in the Aerodynamics Research Laboratory at UIUC. The facility comprises a boundary layer wind tunnel and a removable installation ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 96, Section 6: AEROSPACE (1987), pp. 1279-1291 (13 pages) Correlations for transition from laminar to turbulent flow on 45° and 60° swept cylinders based on data obtained in the ...

HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. >> FROM HURRICANE ANDREW DECIMATING SOUTHERN FLORIDA TO HURRICANE MICHAEL ANNIHILATING PARTS OF THE PANHANDLE, FLORIDIANS ARE NO STRANGER TO THE POWER OF TROPICAL CYCLONES.

A series of wind tunnel tests revealed the unusual engine inlet positioning for NASA’s supersonic X-plane meets the performance goals for the Lockheed Martin-designed aircraft, a NASA Glenn Research ...

The basic research wind tunnel at Western Michigan University's applied aerodynamics laboratory is shown schematically in Figure 1. It was donated by General Motors. This tunnel will be set up as long ...

Aerodynamic drag is a key factor in the efficiency of electric vehicles and the performance capability of sports cars and race cars, so Ford has invested in this capability with a new rolling road ...

In an experiment on how turbulent boundary layers respond to acceleration in the flow around them, aerospace engineers at the observed an unexpected internal boundary layer. In an experiment on how ...