26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS2008-P2.12

ON RESULTS’ ACCURACY AT TWO-DIMENSIONAL WIND TUNNEL TESTING

B. Rasuo
Univ. of Belgrade, Serbia

Keywords: wind tunnel testing, interference effects

The principal factors which influence the accuracy of two-dimensional wind tunnel test results are analyzed. The influences of Reynolds number, Mach number and wall interference with reference to solid and flow blockage (blockage of wake) as well as the influence of side-wall boundary layer control are analyzed.

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