{"id":39283,"date":"2025-03-03T12:38:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T12:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/\u200bnew.iter.es\/wind-tunnel\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T12:38:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T12:38:12","slug":"wind-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iter.es\/en\/wind-tunnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-three-fifth fusion-column-first\">\n<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\">\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\">\n<p>The Wind Tunnel is a facility in which a rectilinear and uniform air flow is obtained at a controlled speed in the test chamber, and which allows the study of the effect of wind on real objects or scale models. For aeronautical uses, this flow must have a quality that is determined by its uniformity and turbulence level. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-37519\" src=\"https:\/\/\u200bwww.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040009-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040009-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040009-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040009-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040009-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040009-450x225.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040009.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"15\" data-lineheight=\"45px\">Technical characteristics<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-37517\" src=\"https:\/\/\u200bwww.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00013-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00013-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00013-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00013-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00013-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00013-450x225.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00013.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Closed circuit.<\/li>\n<li>Test chamber: 2\u00d72 m2 of section and 3 m long.<\/li>\n<li>Maximum operating speed in the chamber: 56 m\/s, or 48 m\/s in aeronautical configuration.<\/li>\n<li>9 fans of 22 kW each (24m3\/s and 500 Pa pressure increase).<\/li>\n<li>Aeronautical tests: flow uniformity &gt; 99.5% and turbulence level &lt; 0.5%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-37515\" src=\"https:\/\/\u200bwww.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040004-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040004-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040004-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040004-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040004-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040004-450x225.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040004.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Applications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aeronautical Testing<\/li>\n<li>Civil Engineering.<\/li>\n<li>Renewable Energies.<\/li>\n<li>Sports Training.<\/li>\n<li>Architecture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-37513\" src=\"https:\/\/\u200bwww.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040005-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040005-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040005-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040005-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040005-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040005-450x225.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/P6040005.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Instrumentation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-37511\" src=\"https:\/\/\u200bwww.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00025-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00025-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00025-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00025-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00025-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00025-450x225.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00025.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>220 kW frequency inverter: regulates the rotational speed of the fans, allowing to control the air flow speed in the test chamber.<\/li>\n<li>Six-component balance.<\/li>\n<li>Scanivalve system (pressure scanner).<\/li>\n<li>Hot wire anemometer.<\/li>\n<li>Pitot tubes.<\/li>\n<li>Pressure comb.<\/li>\n<li>Visualization systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-37509\" src=\"https:\/\/\u200bwww.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00006-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00006-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00006-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00006-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00006-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00006-450x225.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.iter.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC00006.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><strong>Links of interest:<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iter.es\/taller-de-modelado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modeling workshop<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iter.es\/ensayos-en-tunel-de-viento\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wind tunnel tests<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-two-fifth fusion-column-last\">\n<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\">\n<div class=\"table-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wind Tunnel is a facility in which a rectilinear and uniform air flow is obtained at a controlled speed in the test chamber, and which allows the study of the effect of wind on real objects or scale models. For aeronautical uses, this flow must have a quality that is determined by its uniformity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[228,236],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-39283","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-facilities-and-technical-resources","8":"category-rd"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iter.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iter.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iter.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iter.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iter.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iter.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iter.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iter.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iter.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iter.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}