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Air flow formation in the inlet of a closed circuit boundary layer wind tunnel using the one-set
guide vanes solution

Publication date: 25.08.2017

Technical Transactions, 2017, Volume 8 Year 2017 (114), pp. 81 - 89

https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.17.131.6882

Authors

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Renata Kłaput
Instytut Mechaniki Budowli, Wydział Inżynierii Lądowej, Politechnika Krakowska
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2691-1937 Orcid
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Agnieszka Kocoń
Institute of Structural Mechanics, Civil Engineering Faculty, Cracow University of Technology
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Andrzej Flaga
Institute of Structural Mechanics, Cracow University of Technology
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Titles

Air flow formation in the inlet of a closed circuit boundary layer wind tunnel using the one-set
guide vanes solution

Abstract

The paper presents tests of wind velocity distribution at the inlet to the working section of a wind tunnel.
Unconventional guide vanes were introduced in the construction of the wind tunnel to obtain a uniform
air flow in this area.

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Information

Information: Technical Transactions, 2017, Volume 8 Year 2017 (114), pp. 81 - 89

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Air flow formation in the inlet of a closed circuit boundary layer wind tunnel using the one-set
guide vanes solution

English:

Air flow formation in the inlet of a closed circuit boundary layer wind tunnel using the one-set
guide vanes solution

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2691-1937

Renata Kłaput
Instytut Mechaniki Budowli, Wydział Inżynierii Lądowej, Politechnika Krakowska
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2691-1937 Orcid
All publications →

Instytut Mechaniki Budowli, Wydział Inżynierii Lądowej, Politechnika Krakowska

Institute of Structural Mechanics, Civil Engineering Faculty, Cracow University of Technology

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1759-4872

Andrzej Flaga
Institute of Structural Mechanics, Cracow University of Technology
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1759-4872 Orcid
All publications →

Institute of Structural Mechanics, Cracow University of Technology

Published at: 25.08.2017

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Renata Kłaput (Author) - 33%
Agnieszka Kocoń (Author) - 33%
Andrzej Flaga (Author) - 34%

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