Design and Numerical Analysis of an Open-Circuit Low-Speed Wind Tunnel

The design and numerical analysis of a 3D open-circuit, low-speed, with a maximum velocity of 20 m/s in the test section, wind tunnel is presented. Two diffusers' angels are numerically tested in order to reduce the pumping power of the fan. The proposed design is analyzed using three-dimension...

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Published in2019 Novel Intelligent and Leading Emerging Sciences Conference (NILES) Vol. 1; pp. 71 - 75
Main Authors Seddik, Ahmed, Ahmed, Marawan, Ayman, Mohamed, Guaily, Amr
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.10.2019
Subjects
Computational fluid dynamics
Computational modeling
External flow
Fans
Finite element analysis
low speed wind Tunnel
Power generation
pumping power
Turbulent flow
Two dimensional displays
Wind tunnels
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Summary:The design and numerical analysis of a 3D open-circuit, low-speed, with a maximum velocity of 20 m/s in the test section, wind tunnel is presented. Two diffusers' angels are numerically tested in order to reduce the pumping power of the fan. The proposed design is analyzed using three-dimensional, turbulent, incompressible flow using ANSYS FLUENT. Numerical results show that the velocity as well as the pressure are uniform in the test section and no vortices are formed in the diffuser section which affirms the success of the proposed design.
DOI:10.1109/NILES.2019.8909313