An Instructional Wind Tunnel for an Undergraduate Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

本设计为流体力学实验室提供了一个风洞教学设备。该设备包括一个12英寸的风洞，带有仪器系统、一台微型计算机、用于自动数据采集和分析系统的硬件和软件以及一个数字万向计。该设备与现有设施一起，使学生能够在边界层和外部流动领域进行实验，从而完善和改进了流体力学实验室的教学。计算机接口的能力使学生能够进行以前认为用传统方法过于费力或不切实际的实验。

This project provides an instructional wind tunnel facility for a fluid mechanics laboratory. The equipment includes a 12-inch wind tunnel with an instrumentation system, a microcomputer, hardware and software for an automatic data acquisition and analysis system and a digital multimanometer. This equipment, together with existing facilities, completes and improves instruction in the fluid mechanics laboratory by enabling students to perform experiments in the areas of boundary layer and external flows. The capability of computer interfacing allows students to carry out the proposed experiments previously deemed too laborious or impractical by traditional methods.