Equipment:
The fluid mechanics laboratory offers various test rigs for the investigation of fluid mechanical phenomena using application-oriented methods of flow testing and measurement technology.
Laboratory wind tunnel in Eiffel design:
- optically accessible measuring chamber with a cross-section of 305 × 305 mm2
- Max. speed U=40 m/s with a drive power of 5.6 kW
- Vane segment with pressure holes for determining lift and drag forces
- Multiple manometers for visualising pressure distributions
- Three-component balance for determining the lift and drag coefficients ca , cw
- Tracking measurement with traversable pitot probe, speed determination using a Prandtl probe
- In preparation:
- Making boundary layer phenomena (laminar-turbulent transition; separation) audible with the aid of an acoustic CTA bridge
- Multiple pressure scanner module (Scanivalve) for quantitative pressure distribution measurement
- Flow visualisation using a smoke probe and laser light section method
Building equipment demonstrator: test rig for visualising pipe flows with losses
- Pressure loss measurements on pipe segments, multiple elbows and radiators
- Determination of pressure loss coefficients
- Test stand for heating pumps
Map measurement of an axial fan
- Power-dependent flow rate determination using orifice plate measurement