Author(s)

P. Rosas Quiterio, M. Toledo Velázquez, G. Tolentino Eslava, R. Tolentino Eslava, J. Abugaber Francis

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Flow behavior in the Thermal Engineering and Applied Hydraulics Laboratory (LABINTHAP) wind tunnel was investigated by measuring the velocity profiles, turbulence intensity and wall effects with a hot wire anemometer. Measurements were carried out under wind speeds 5, 15 and 30 m/s in planes located at 1.8, 2.6 and 3.4 m from flow inlet to the test section. The flow showed a good quality with a velocity variation less than 1%, turbulence intensity lower than 4% and the wall effects allow having an excellent work area in the test section for the velocities evaluated.

Wind Tunnel, Calibration, Measurement, Boundary layer, Hot Wire Anemometer

Quiterio, P. , Velázquez, M. , Eslava, G. , Eslava, R. and Francis, J. (2011) Wind Tunnel at LABINTHAP (Updated). Energy and Power Engineering, 3, 565-573. doi: 10.4236/epe.2011.34070.