The first wind tunnel in Farnborough was built as long ago as 1907. Wind tunnel tests led to the first collection of aerofoil shapes, developed by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ...

The working section of the tunnel is extended with a Kevlar-wall test section can for examining static and dynamic aerofoil noise at large angles of attack. In terms of measurement capabilities, the ...

A 2-D aerofoil model can be clamped between the sections and excited ... What makes this system special is that a large section of the wind tunnel wall can also be moved similar to a turntable, thus ...