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deHavilland Low Speed Wind Tunnel

University of Glasgow

The deHavilland wind tunnel is a low speed facility with a turn table that allows change in yaw, pitch and roll settings. It can be used to test half and full aircraft configurations up to angles of attack at decent max speed and meaningful Reynolds numbers. Very few facilities can provide data for rotating wings, propellers and helicopter rotors. The deHavilland wind tunnel is the only UK facility can deliver this kind of data. The University of Glasgow researchers are committed to providing high quality experimental data that can be relied on for numerical simulations. This facility is available to all researchers, from industry and academia.

The wind tunnel has a test section of 2.74 m x 2.1 m x 5 m. It has a platform 6-axes load cell beneath working section, and various capacity load cells. Data Acquisition: 192 channel simultaneous data acquisition (16 bit) at up to 500kHz. 64 channel simultaneous data acquisition (24 bit) at up to 128kHz. Outputs: Forces & moments, pressure, velocity (Stereo PIV for high resolution over large area – up to 1m x 1m).

Location:
Glasgow
Test Section 1 size:
2.74m x 2.1m x 5m
5:1 contraction ratio.
Test Section 2 (Return) size:
N/A
Operational Status:
Active
Number and Type of Staff:
Scientific: 2
Technical Support: 5+
Test support:
Workshop for wind tunnel model design,
manufacture and modification capability.
Designation:
Low Speed
Performance:
Mach Number: 0.2 (max)
Maximum Flow Speed: 70 m/s

Reynolds No: 4x10⁶/m (max)
Total Pressure: 1 bar
Pressure: Up to 2.94 kN/m²
Temperature: Ambient to 300K
Turbulence intensity: <0.2%
Run Time: Continuous
Typical Recharge Time: n/a.
Testing Capabilities:
Model Support: platform load cell beneath
working section, and various capacity load cells

Rolling Road: n/a
Data Acquisition: 192 channel simultaneous
data acquisition (16 bit) at up to 500kHz.
64 channel simultaneous data acquisition (24
bit) at up to 128kHz.
Outputs: Forces & moments, pressure, velocity (Stereo PIV for high resolution over large area – up to 1m x 1m)

Flow visualisation: Smoke, video, surface fluorescent oilflow.
Specialist Rigs:
Dynamic stall
Rotor rigs have been developed and used in this tunnel
Sting support system
Equipment:
6-component balance, sting and positioning system
Data acquisition system
Pressure scanning system
High-speed stereo PIV system
LDA system
Hot-wire system (Dantec)
High-speed camera system
Pressure sensitive paint