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Encyclopedia: Wind tunnel

A wind tunnel is a research tool developed to assist with studying the effects of air moving over or around solid objects.

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How to say "Wind tunnel" in other languages:

	(Japanese)	風洞
	(German)	Windkanal
	(Spanish)	Túnel de viento
	(French)	Soufflerie

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Langley Research Center

the rest to space. LaRC researchers use more than 40 wind tunnels to study improved aircraft and...

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Aerospace engineering

derived from testing of scale models and prototypes, either in wind tunnels or in the free... simulate the behavior of fluid, reducing time and expense spent on wind-tunnel testing. Additionally...: Aerodynamics - the study of fluid flow around objects such as wings or through objects such as wind...

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Automotive aerodynamics

studied using both computer modelling and wind tunnel testing. For the most accurate results from a wind tunnel test, the tunnel is sometimes equipped with a rolling road. This is a movable floor for... automotive aerodynamics are reducing drag, reducing wind noise, and preventing undesired lift forces...

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NASA Ames Research Center

. The Center houses the world's largest wind tunnel, though this was decommissioned in 2003...

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Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales

large research equipments such as wind tunnels. It has 9 centers employing thousands of engineers...

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Porsche 906

eight cylinder engines. Unlike previous racing Porsches, the 906's body was tested in a wind tunnel...

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Miroku

curse. His hand has a "wind tunnel" (風穴 kazaana ) that sucks in anything nearby, if it is not kept covered by a cloth and strand of Buddhist Sutra beads. Miroku's wind tunnel is a curse that was... Kagome catch up to him and InuYasha attacks him, but Miroku uses his wind tunnel against them. Kagome...

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BMW 8-Series

new body. Combined with wind tunnel testing, the resulting car has a drag coefficient of 0.29, a...

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Embraer ERJ 145

modified design which had less commonality with the Brasilia because wind-tunnel testing had...

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Flatiron Building

. The aerodynamic shape of the building led to a wind-tunnel effect up the streets on which it was... spread when the wind knocked it down and nicknaming it "the Flatiron" because of the building's...

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