Wind Tunnel
A tunnel with a large fan that is used by engineers to test the effects of high winds on a structure.
A wind tunnel is a tube like structure or passage, sometimes continuous, together with its adjuncts, in which a high-speed movement of air or other gas is produced, as by a fan, and within which objects such as engines or aircraft, airfoils, rockets, etc., are placed to investigate the airflow about them and the aerodynamic forces acting upon them.
See also: Airflow, Blowdown Wind Tunnel, Closed Circuit Wind Tunnel, Expansion Tube Tunnel, Intermittent Wind Tunnel, Moving Ground Plane Wind Tunnel, Piston Driven Wind Tunnel, Shock Tunnel, Suckdown Wind Tunnel, Wind Tunnel Balance.
Subjects: Aerodynamics Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering Transport