Design And Analysis Of Tabletop Wind Tunnel

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explain the comprehensive process of designing and analysing a low-speed open-circuit table-top wind tunnel. All of the preceding research work's principles were followed in the creation of this wind tunnel. The wind tunnel is constituted of a contraction chamber, a test section, and a diffuser. This design contains a square test section with a side length of 340mm and an on-design velocity of 10m/s inside the test section. The overall pressure loss inside the table-top wind tunnel is computed, as is the minimum power sufficient to run the system. The 2D axissymmetric modelling is done in "CATIA V5" design software, while the numerical flow simulation is done in "ANSYS Fluent"