Undesirable vortexes near floor in small wind tunnels suppressed by simple device that alters flow pattern there. Air is injected along floor and interacts with backflow from wind-tunnel model. Results in smoother, more correct air-flow and to more-reliable wind-tunnel data.
Eliminating Wind Tunnel Flow Breakdown
NASA Tech Briefs ; 7 , 2
1983-05-01
Miscellaneous
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English
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