Wind tunnels

Wind tunnel studies of buildings and structures

by Cermak, J. E., (Jack E.), Isyumov, N., American Society of Civil Engineers., Task Committee on Manual of Practice for Wind Tunnel Testing of Buildings and Structures

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Prepared by the Aerospace Division of ASCE. Wind Tunnel Studies of Buildings and Structures provides guidelines to assist architects and engineers involved with wind tunnel model testing of buildings and structures. Wind tunnel testing of the final structure and of the structure…

During wind tunnel testing of jet-lift, short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft it is usual to simulate the jet efflux but not the intake flows. The intakes, which are commonly faired over or are unpowered, are generally tested in separate wind tunnel experiments. T…