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freebeard · 05-26-2013, 02:37 AM

I looked at some of the neighboring videos. Here's some interesting stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/user/yshsuzuka/videos
9 videos. Desktop/office-sized (1/7th-1/24th scale) moving belt wind tunnel. "Reynolds number is no problem." Since 1974.

http://wwwDOTyoutubeDOTcom/watch?v=gHFFZ1ru0Pk
Scale models submerged in water. It works about as well as desktop CFD software. Some obvious areas for improvement: The tunnel is too narrow and should be closed on top. Needs immiscible 'smoke' and a steerable nozzle.

I could see a tank divided in thirds with walls/baffles that have four wind/waterwheels, one at each end of both walls. Do you think it would minimize turbulence that way?

05-26-2013, 02:37 AM	#10 (permalink)
freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 28,725 Thanks: 8,154 Thanked 8,937 Times in 7,379 Posts	I looked at some of the neighboring videos. Here's some interesting stuff: http://www.youtube.com/user/yshsuzuka/videos 9 videos. Desktop/office-sized (1/7th-1/24th scale) moving belt wind tunnel. "Reynolds number is no problem." Since 1974. http://wwwDOTyoutubeDOTcom/watch?v=gHFFZ1ru0Pk Scale models submerged in water. It works about as well as desktop CFD software. Some obvious areas for improvement: The tunnel is too narrow and should be closed on top. Needs immiscible 'smoke' and a steerable nozzle. I could see a tank divided in thirds with walls/baffles that have four wind/waterwheels, one at each end of both walls. Do you think it would minimize turbulence that way? Last edited by freebeard; 05-26-2013 at 04:30 AM..