1m - Wind Tunnel (1MG)

1m Wind Tunnel

Airbus - half model in the 1m Wind Tunnel

Generic truc model in the 1m Wind Tunnel

1m Wind Tunnel, Göttingen

1m Wind Tunnel, Göttingen:

• Operational date: 1962
• Test section size:
  1.0 m x 0.7 m elliptic or rectangular
  Length: 1.3 m or 2.3 m
• Nozzle contraction ratio: 4.8
• Maximum velocity: 65 m/s
• Installed power: 88 kW
• Applied testing techniques:
  Balances for forces and moments,
  mean and unsteady pressure distributions,
  hot-wire anemometry,
  surface hot film technique,
  oil flow visualization,
  Laser light sheet visualization,
  Particle image velocimetry (PIV),

Field of application:

• Fundamental experiments on boundary layer transition and separation,
• Investigation of vortex flows,
• Probe calibrations (cup anemometers, multi-hole pressure probes, thermal anemometers)
• Measurements in the field of industrial and vehicle aerodynamics