Noun
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wind tunnel (plural wind tunnels)
A test facility through which air is forced in a controlled manner so as to study the effects of flow around airfoils, aircraft, motor cars etc.
The current tax code is harder to understand than Bob Dylan reading Finnegans Wake in a wind tunnel. Dennis Miller
After a while, you can't get any higher. It's like your head is in a wind tunnel - everything is vibrating. Method Man
Future forecasting is all about testing strategies - it's like a wind tunnel. Jamais Cascio
Aeronautical wind tunnels The main subcategories in the aeronautical wind tunnels are High Reynolds number tunnels Reynolds number is one of the governing similarity parameters for the simulation of flow in a wind tunnel. Source: Internet
A model Cessna with helium-filled bubbles showing pathlines of the wingtip vortices A wind tunnel is a tool used in aerodynamic research to study the effects of air moving past solid objects. Source: Internet
Another significant application for boundary layer wind tunnel modeling is for understanding exhaust gas dispersion patterns for hospitals, laboratories, and other emitting sources. Source: Internet