Experimental benches
Large “Lucien Malavard” subsonic wind tunnel (2 veins)
This facility is mainly dedicated to the axis' research activities, but is also used to provide services for industrial customers.
Contact : soufflerie.malavard@listes.univ-orleans.fr
Main vein for uniform flow testing
- 2m × 2m × 5m
- Vmax = 55 m/s
- Turbulence intensity < 0.4%
Return circuit transformed into secondary vein
- Secondary vein for uniform flow testing
- Cross-section adaptable between 4m × 4m and 2.5m × 2.5m
- Vmax = 35m/s
Atmospheric Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel
- 3m × 5m × 16m
- Vmax = 15m/s
- Small Eiffel-type subsonic wind tunnel
- Vein size 0.5 m x 0.5 m
- 1 m long
- V < 50 m/s
- Turbulence intensity < 0.4 %
Measurement techniques
- 6-axis stationary and unsteady aerodynamic balances
- Stationary (multichannel, 112 channels available) and unsteady (8 channels available) static pressure transducers
- Particle Imaging Velocimetry PIV (2D-2C), Stereo PIV (2D-3C) and 2D Laser Doppler Velocimetry systems
- Multi-channel hot-wire anemometry (multi-point and/or multi-component)
- Flow visualization techniques (smoke, parietal coating)
Digital simulation
- elsA numerical solver (ONERA):
- URANS approach and nonlinear turbulent viscosity model
- Hybrid approach (DES)