Wind tunnel
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A wind tunnel is "an apparatus for producing a controlled stream of air for conducting aerodynamic experiments". The experiment is conducted in the test section of the wind tunnel and a complete tunne
A sample wind tunnel layout showing some typical features including a test section and control room, a machine for pumping air continuously through ducting, and a nozzle for setting the test airspeed.
The effect of streamlining is made visible in a wind tunnel. Shaping the body to make it more streamlined reduces fuel consumption.
Replica of the Wright brothers' wind tunnel
Herman Goering tunnel A3 commissioned in 1940 showing open test section with Messerschmitt Bf 109F installed for testing.
Wright brothers
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The Wright brothers, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane. They made the firs
Wind tunnel
…the onset of turbulence. This comprises the central scientific justification for the use of models in wind tunnels to simulate real-life phenomena. The Wright brothers' use of a simple wind tunnel in 1901 to study the effects of airflow over various shapes while developing their Wright Flyer was in some ways revolutionary…
Orville Wright 1905 crop
Wilbur Wright crop
Wright brothers' home at 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, c. 1900. Wilbur and Orville built the covered wrap-around porch in the 1890s.
The Wright brothers' bicycle at the National Air and Space Museum