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Supported by increased demand, GmE is pleased to announce the creation of a new privately funded wind tunnel facility for testing of physical scale models in atmospheric flow. The wind tunnel is a conventional flow-through type, having an overall length of 24 meters (m), and test section dimensions of 2.4 m long and 1.8 m by 1.8 m in cross section. The wind tunnel is supported with a variety of instrumentation to measure mean and fluctuating pressures, air velocities and dynamic forces.
The facility can be used to investigate wind flows and related issues for:
Pedestrian winds, ground snow drifting;
Roof snow accumulation and load estimation;
Cladding pressures on buildings and other structures;
Dynamic loads on tall and flexible structures;
Air pollution dispersion from stacks, line and area sources around buildings;
Wind flows over obstacles, drag and lift on aerodynamic or bluff objects.