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  • Four-story vertical wind tunnel installed within walls of Talbot Lab

    May 5, 2022 12:45 pm by Debra Levy LarsonResearch
    Graphic illustrates the size of the 50-foot-tall wind tunnel installed near the northwest corner of Talbot Laboratory.

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    • Graphic illustrates the size of the 50-foot-tall wind tunnel installed near the northwest corner of Talbot Laboratory.

    The wind tunnel that spans Talbott Lab’s four stories is the largest of its kind. It was designed to study turbulent flows laden with particles, but it also enables research on wall-bounded turbulence and heat transfer effects.