TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement of ground effect and boundary-layer transition by towing wind tunnel
AU - Yoshioka, Shuya
AU - Kikuchi, Satoshi
AU - Ohta, Fukuo
AU - Kato, Takuma
AU - Song, Jun
AU - Kohama, Yasuaki
PY - 2009/6/4
Y1 - 2009/6/4
N2 - A newly constructed towing wind tunnel facility is introduced. In this wind tunnel, unlike a conventional wind tunnel, a testing model moves in still air on a testing track. This towing wind tunnel facility can therefore simulate highly complex flow between steady ground and a moving model without using a moving belt system. The performance of this facility is first explained. Some results of wings in ground effect experiments and boundary-layer transition experiments obtained using this facility are then given. From these results, we conclude that this facility has enough performance for complex flow testing.
AB - A newly constructed towing wind tunnel facility is introduced. In this wind tunnel, unlike a conventional wind tunnel, a testing model moves in still air on a testing track. This towing wind tunnel facility can therefore simulate highly complex flow between steady ground and a moving model without using a moving belt system. The performance of this facility is first explained. Some results of wings in ground effect experiments and boundary-layer transition experiments obtained using this facility are then given. From these results, we conclude that this facility has enough performance for complex flow testing.
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U2 - 10.1088/0169-5983/41/2/021408
DO - 10.1088/0169-5983/41/2/021408
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:66149108442
VL - 41
JO - Fluid Dynamics Research
JF - Fluid Dynamics Research
SN - 0169-5983
IS - 2
M1 - 021408
ER -