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Advanced Wind Tunnels

NASA Ames 40x80-foot wind tunnel

NASA Ames 40x80-foot wind tunnel

Credit - NASA

National Transonic Facility - Space Shuttle model

National Transonic Facility - Space Shuttle model

Credit - NASA

Computational fluid dynamics orbiter model

Computational fluid dynamics orbiter model

Credit - NASA

F-86 in full scale wind tunnel at Ames

F-86 in full scale wind tunnel at Ames

Credit - NASA

Ames Research Center is home to the world's largest wind tunnel

Ames Research Center is home to the world's largest wind tunnel

Credit - NASA

Technician measures ice deposits on an airfoil

Technician measures ice deposits on an airfoil

Credit - NASA

Lobster-tail formation on aerosurface

Lobster-tail formation on aerosurface

Credit - NASA

Transport engine being tested at Icing Research Tunnel

Transport engine being tested at Icing Research Tunnel

Credit - NASA

Swing valve for supersonic wind tunnel

Swing valve for supersonic wind tunnel

Credit - NASA

Shock waves trailing aircraft

Shock waves trailing aircraft

Credit - NASA

Ames 6 x 6-foot wind tunnel

Ames 6 x 6-foot wind tunnel

Credit - NASA

Aircraft model in 6 x 6-foot tunnel

Aircraft model in 6 x 6-foot tunnel

Credit - NASA

Icing Research Tunnel plan

Icing Research Tunnel plan

Credit - NASA

Ice on aircraft propeller and fuselage

Ice on aircraft propeller and fuselage

Credit - NASA

   
 



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