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Wind Tunnel Familiarization (new) Flashcards

1
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machines for producing controlled stream of air flowing through tunnels of varying but controlled sizes

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wind tunnels

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enables us to study the effects of bodies moving through air or the resistance to moving air of manufactured models

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wind tunnels

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facilities (circular, elliptical or rectangular tunnels) in which the wind is produced by fans or by compressed air to study and measure the action of the air flow around a solid

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wind tunnels

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part of the circuit where the solid is studied

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test section

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5
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The method of wind tunnel is based on the ________ enunciated by Isaac Newton in 1687.

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principle of relativity

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The object to be tested is ______ in the test section as to prevent the stream of air from moving the object.

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fastened

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the slow-moving layer of air adjacent to any wind-exposed body surface

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boundary layer

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first to make use of the “Whirling Arm”

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Benjamin Robins

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this machine had an arm with a length of 4 ft spun around by a falling weight acting on a pulley and spindle arrangement

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whirling arm

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The whirling arm brought light as to how different shaped objects, when moving through air is affected differently by air resistance, or _____.

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drag

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What limited Benjamin Robins experiments regarding the whirling arm?

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the speed the arm can reach

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He wrote and published in 1759 a paper that addressed the relationship between pressure and velocity for objects moving in water and air.

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John Smeaton

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Smeaton created what equation

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drag equation

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Father of Aviation

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George Cayley

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15
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Two very important factors
that are related to flight identified by Cayley

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lift and drag

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In ______, an unpiloted glider was built and flew successfully based on test data gathered from Cayley’s whirling arm.

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1804

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became famous as the first man to launch himself into the air, fly, and land safely using a glider

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Otto Lilienthal

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18
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What did Otto Lilienthal say?

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“Sacrifices must be made.”

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famous for his automatic machine gun creations

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Hiram Stevens Maxim

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Maxim used a huge whirling arm to test airfoils between 1872 to 1894 in his _________.

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helicopter experiment

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Maxim’s version of the whirling arm had a diameter of ____ with the arm boasting elaborate instrumentation to measure lift, drag, and relative air velocity.

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64 ft

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22
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What can Maxim’s whirling arm measure?

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lift, drag, relative air velocity

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23
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he built a large whirling arm, 60 ft in diameter, and was spun around by 10 hp engine

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Samuel Langley

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One of Langley’s experiments with the arm attained speeds up to ______.

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100 mph

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first individual to design a wind tunnel

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Frank H. Wenham

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When did Frank H. Wenham build a wind tunnel?

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1871

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In Wenham’s wind tunnel, what drove the air through a duct to the test section where the model was mounted?

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steam-powered fan

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Maximum velocity of air in Wenham’s wind tunnel

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40 mph

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29
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Two varieties measured in Wenham’s tunnel

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lift-to-drag ratio, effect of different aspect ratios

30
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he began experimenting with lifting curved surfaces in the 1880s

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Horatio Frederick Phillips

31
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He tried to carry out tests similar to Wenham’s with his own wind tunnel

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Horatio Frederick Phillips

32
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he eliminated the problems associated with airflow fluctuation
that troubled Wenham by using a steam injection system to generate the airflow

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Horatio Frederick Phillips

33
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What did Phillips use to eliminate the problem associated with airflow fluctuation?

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steam injection system

34
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built a small wind tunnel at the foot
of the Eiffel Tower to study the effect of the wind on more precise fixed points

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Gustave Eiffel

35
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became an adversary of the Wrights in their legal battles

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Dr. Albert Francis Zahm

36
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In October 1901, their small wind tunnel was created.

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Wright Brothers

37
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first to make use of the “Whirling Arm”

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Benjamin Robins

38
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What is the Drag Equation?

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D=CD(k)(S)(V^2)

39
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Used huge whirling arm to test airfoils

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Hiram Stevens Maxim

40
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used huge whirling arm to test airfoils yet met frustrations and limitations

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Samuel P. Langley

41
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designed the world’s first wind tunnel

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Francis Herbert Wenham

42
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was unimpressed with Francis Wenham’s experiments thus creating his own wind tunnel

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Horatio Frederick Phillips

43
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Classification/Types of Wind Tunnel

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Speed Regimes, Geometry

44
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Types of Wind Tunnel under Geometry

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open return, closed return, intermittent, continuous

45
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Types of Wind Tunnel under Speed Regimes

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sonic, subsonic, transonic, supersonic, hypersonic

46
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Speed Regime (Sonic)

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M = 1.0

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Speed Regime (Subsonic)

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0<M<1.0

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Speed Regime (Transonic)

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0.8<M<1.2

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Speed Regime (Supersonic)

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1.2<M<5.0

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Speed Regime (Hypersonic)

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M>5.0

51
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These are wind tunnels used to test objects at low Mach numbers or speeds slower than the speed of sound and below sonic speed.

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Subsonic

52
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are wind tunnels used to study high-speed aerodynamic flows around aircraft and to investigate how these flows interact with the stores and other attachments carried and released from the wings and fuselage

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transonic wind tunnels

53
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Max Mach number of Calspan Transonic Wind Tunnel

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1.3

54
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notable in this regime is the appearance of shock waves

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supersonic

55
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are very small regions in the gas where the gas properties change by a large amount

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shockwaves

56
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most are designed for intermittent instead of continuous operation

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supersonic wind tunnels

57
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these types of wind tunnels are used to test flight characteristics in a hypersonic region of Mach number 5 or more

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hypersonic

58
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other term for open return

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Eiffel type

59
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other term for closed return

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Prandtl or Göttingen type

60
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The open circuit arrangements, collect air upstream is accelerated in a contraction consisting of a conduit of convergent section; low construction cost; superior design for propulsion and smoke visualization; no accumulation of exhaust products in an open tunnel

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open return or Eiffel type

61
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its corners typically consist of 90 degree bends; air circulates continuously within the wind tunnel

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close return or Prandtl or Göttingen type

62
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To limit the pressure losses at the corners and avoid the formation of secondary re-circulating flows in a Close Return, the corners are usually equipped with ______.

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guide vanes

63
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make use of surging air flow at a particular set of intervals

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intermittent

64
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In this type of tunnel, the compressor continuously adds energy to the flow to allow the continuous air flow through the tunnel. As a result, the air is continuously heated.

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Continuous

65
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Elements of a Wind Tunnel

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test section, contraction cone, diffuser, drive section

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most delicate part of the tunnel

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test section

67
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part of the wind tunnel where the air flow accelerates

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contraction cone

68
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a divergent section between the test section and the suction fan located downstream of the tunnel

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diffuser

69
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drives the flow of air through the wind tunnel by producing an increase in pressure in the flow

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drive section

70
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determines how the working fluid is moved through the test section

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drive section

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