WIND TUNNEL DESIGNS AND THEIR DIVERSE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS

WIND TUNNEL DESIGNS AND THEIR DIVERSE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS Edited by N. A. Ahmed Wind Tunnel Designs and Their Diverse Engineering Applications http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/3403 Edited by N. A. Ahmed Contributors Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Noor Ahmed, Josué Njock Libii, Yoshifumi Yokoi, Abdulaziz A. Almubarak, R. Scott Van Pelt, Ted Zobeck, Yuki Nagai, Akira Okada, Naoya Miyasato, Masao Saitoh, Ryota Matsumoto, Adrián Wittwer, Guilherme Sausen Welter, Acir M. Loredo-Souza Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2013 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Iva Simcic Technical Editor InTech DTP team Cover InTech Design team First published February, 2013 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechopen.com Wind Tunnel Designs and Their Diverse Engineering Applications, Edited by N. A. Ahmed p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-1047-7 free online editions of InTech Books and Journals can be found at www.intechopen.com Contents Preface VII Section 1 Wind Tunnel Design 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Design Methodology for a Quick and Low-Cost Wind Tunnel 3 Miguel A. González Hernández, Ana I. Moreno López, Artur A. Jarzabek, José M. Perales Perales, Yuliang Wu and Sun Xiaoxiao Design Features of a Low Turbulence Return Circuit Subsonic Wind Tunnel Having Interchangeable Test Sections 29 N. A. Ahmed Portable Wind Tunnels for Field Testing of Soils and Natural Surfaces 59 R. Scott Van Pelt and Ted M. Zobeck Design and Development of a Gas Dynamics Facility and a Supersonic Wind Tunnel 75 N. A. Ahmed A Method of Evaluating the Presence of Fan-Blade-Rotation Induced Unsteadiness in Wind Tunnel Experiments 97 Josué Njock Libii Section 2 Diverse Engineering Applications 123 Chapter 6 Wind Tunnel Tests on Horn-Shaped Membrane Roof Under the Turbulent Boundary Layer 125 Yuki Nagai, Akira Okada, Naoya Miyasato, Masao Saitoh and Ryota Matsumoto ... - tailieumienphi.vn