Facilities

Institute of Aerodynamics and Gasdynamics

Various experimental facilities are available for our research.

                                                    

Flow facility Gust Wind Tunnel
Gust Wind Tunnel

                                                    

Gust Wind Tunnel

The Gust Wind Tunnel is the biggest wind tunnel at IAG. It has been designed and built specifically for the purpose of experimental investigations on wind turbines in both stationary flow and gust-load conditions. The facility is of Eiffel type.
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Facility Shallow Water Channel
Shallow Water Channel

Shallow Water Channel

The planar, compressibel gas flow around bodies or through nozzles can be modelled in shallow water for subsonic, near sonic and supersonic flows. In the Shallow Water Channel, certain phenomena in gas dynamics, such as Mach lines or shock waves, can be visualized descriptively and at low cost. This facility is exclusively used for graduate laboratories ...more

Small Boundary-Layer Wind Tunnel
Small Boundary-Layer Wind Tunnel

Small Boundary-Layer Wind Tunnel

The Institute has designed and constructed a 1:3 scale Small Boundary-Layer Wind Tunnel (Kleiner Grenzschichtwindkanal, KGWK) for student work.
The KGWK can also be equipped with different inlet obstacles and ground roughness to generate different velocity profiles and turbulence structures.
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Inlet of the Boundary-Layer Wind Tunnel
Inlet of the Boundar-Layer Wind Tunnel

Boundary-Layer Wind Tunnel

In the Boundary-Layer Wind Tunnel (Eiffel type with rectangular channel cross-section and closed measuring chamber; GWK) of the IAG, certain velocity profiles and turbulence structures can be generated by various combinations of inlet obstacles and ground roughness in order to simulate the turbulent boundary layer flow of the natural wind.
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Facility Laboratory Wind Tunnel
Laboratory Wind Tunnel

Laboratory Wind Tunnel

Wind tunnel creating a free jet which is mainly used for teaching. Pressure distributions on wing profiles can be investigated in a vivid way here.
In addition, polar diagrams can be recorded with the aid of a 3-component strain gage scale.

Fan Test Bench
Fan Test Bench

Fan Test Bench

Leakage measurements can be carried out under defined laboratory conditions on the IAG's Fan Test Bench.

The volume flow is infinitely variable via a bypass device, the pressure in the test chamber is measured via inductive pressure transducers and the leakage volume flow can be measured via high-precision turbine gas meters.

Versuchsanlage Laminarwasserkanal
Laminarwasserkanal

Laminar Water Channel

Der Laminarwasserkanal am Institut für Aerodynamik und Gasdynamik ist eine Versuchsanlage zur experimentellen Untersuchung von Strömungsphänomenen in laminaren Grenzschichten.
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Laminar wind tunnel
Laminar wind tunnel

Laminar Wind Tunnel

The laminar wind tunnel is primarily used for measurements of two-dimensional airfoil models. It is an open-return tunnel (Eiffel type) with closed test section. It was set into operation in 1962 and has been used continuously since then.
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Model Wind Tunnel
Model Wind Tunnel

Model Wind Tunnel

The Model Wind Tunnel has a closed measuring section and an open air return (Eiffel type). The Model Wind Tunnel was built for model flight profiles and is mainly used today for student work....more

Medium-Sized Low-Speed Wind Tunnel
Medium-Sized Low-Speed Wind Tunnel

Medium-Sized Low-Speed Wind Tunnel (MWK)

The Medium-Sized Low-Speed Wind Tunnel (MWK) is a circulating wind tunnel (Göttinger type) with free jet measuring section and circular jet cross section.
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Small Supersonic Wind Tunnel
Small Supersonic Wind Tunnel

Small Supersonic Wind Tunnel

The calibration model measuring section is a small supersonic wind tunnel which works according to the so-called "suck down" principle. In this operating mode, dried air is sucked from a reservoir into a vacuum system.... more

Medium-Sized Supersonic Wind Tunnel (half model measuring section)
Medium-Sized Supersonic Wind Tunnel (half model measuring section)

Medium-Sized Supersonic Wind Tunnel (half model measuring section)

The half-model measuring section is a half-model channel which works according to the so-called "suck down" principle.
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