Facility and equipment

Our research group maintains the facility and equipment to encourage the fluid research in the university.

Wind tunnel

The Department of Mechanical Engineering has an Open Circuit Wind Tunnel in its Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. The tunnel has a test section within which scale models can be tested. The tunnel works on a pull principle, where the fan is mounted at the rear. Air flows in through the inlet at the front, passes through a contraction section, test section, diffuser and finally exits via the fan. The fan is controlled using an inverter. The inverter can receive set values from 1 Hz to 50Hz, where the maximum frequency (50Hz) is limited by the electricity net frequency.