Collegiate wind Competition Generation I wind tunnel [1]
NAU's on campus wind tunnel [2]
Specialized bike multi-fan wind tunnel [3]
CAD model of the CWC's generation I wind tunnel [4]
CWC wind tunnel fan and diffuser [4]
CWC generation II wind tunnel [4]
Logarithmic nozzle [5]
Bell-Metha nozzle [6]
Axial fan [7]
Regular diffuser [8]
Wide angle diffuser [6]
Honeycomb flow straightener [7]
Rough CAD of the "Short Wind Tunnel" Iteration 1
Iteration 2
Exploded View Iteration 2
Current Iteration
Stream lines Through Wind Tunnel Via ANSYS Fluent
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