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Design of a Continuous Flow Water Channel for Fluid Dynamics Research
Technical Paper
2008-01-2994
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Water tunnels are used for a variety of research purposes including hydrodynamic and aerodynamic studies. In order to meet the technical needs of the research topics, a water tunnel with a one square meter cross section has been designed to reach one meter per second flow rates in a continuous flow environment. The primary mode for achieving this Re = 106 system is an extremely high flow rate pump combined with an ultra high efficiency flow path. The tunnel will weigh over 24,000 kg and will have a test velocity of 1 m/s. The tunnel is under construction in the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Motorsports Research facility and the expectation is that it will be operational in January of 2009.
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Hellman, S. and Tkacik, P., "Design of a Continuous Flow Water Channel for Fluid Dynamics Research," SAE Technical Paper 2008-01-2994, 2008, https://doi.org/10.4271/2008-01-2994.Also In
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