Adaptive-wall wind-tunnel research is summarized. This research includes small-scale two- and three-dimensional wind-tunnel experiments and numerical experiments with a three-dimensional adaptive-wall simulator. Airflow through the test-section walls is controlled by adjusting the pressures in segmented plenums. Interference free conditions are successfully attained in subsonic and transonic flows. An adaptive wall test section is constructed for the transonic wind tunnel. Wall interference was reduced in the three dimensional experiment at several angles of attack at Mach 0.60. A wing on wall configuration was modeled in the numerical experiments. These flow simulations showed that free air conditions can be approximated by adjusting boundary conditions at only the floor and ceiling of the test section. No sidewall control was necessary.


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    Title :

    Adaptive-wall wind-tunnel research at Ames Research Center


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    Publication date :

    1982-09-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

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    Language :

    English




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