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LIST OF ATTACHMENTSALTERNATIVE AIRFOIL TEST<br />

Wind tunnel<br />

The wind tunnel is an open return, subsonic wind tunnel, also denoted an Eiffel tunnel. The<br />

schematic of figure J.1 shows the principle layout of the wind tunnel.<br />

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Figure J.1: Principle layout of the wind tunnel [66]<br />

The air that passes through the test section is gathered from the laboratory where the<br />

wind tunnel is located. Since it is an open return tunnel, the flow has to turn the corner of<br />

the bell-mouth, which may produce asymmetries and turbulence in the airflow of the test<br />

section. There is no technical data available on the wind tunnel.<br />

Pitot tube<br />

The airflow in the wind tunnel is measured u<strong>sin</strong>g a pitot tube, illustrated on figure J.2,<br />

which is positioned in the test section.<br />

Figure J.2: Pitot tube<br />

The tube is pointed directly into the air. The difference between the stagnation pressure<br />

and the static pressure is the dynamic pressure, which is used to calculate the air flow

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