1. Wind tunnel test objectives

1.1 User needs

Since their very beginnings, aeronautical wind tunnels have been used to carry out both research tests, to develop fundamental or applied knowledge, and industrial tests, to develop civil and military aircraft. In all cases, the objects tested in wind tunnels are referred to as "models".

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1.1.1 Research and development trials

Research tests aim to reproduce certain physical phenomena of interest in a controlled, highly instrumented environment, in order to study them (e.g....

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Bibliography

(1) - DOUGHERTY (N.S.) - The AEDC 10-Deg Cone Wind Tunnel-Flight Laminar-Turbulent Correlation Program. - AIAA 2021-1875, AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum. doi :10.2514/6.2021-1875 (2021).
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Standards and norms

Flight mechanics – concepts, quantities and symbols. - ISO 1151 - 1988
Mesure de débit des fluides au moyen d'appareils déprimogènes insérés dans des conduites en charge de section circulaire (parties 1 à 4). - ISO 5167 - (2003)