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Design and calibration of the carousel wind tunnelIn the study of planetary aeolian processes the effect of gravity is not readily modeled. Gravity appears in the equations of particle motion along with interparticle forces but the two terms are not separable. A wind tunnel that would permit variable gravity would allow separation of the forces and aid greatly in understanding planetary aeolian processes. The design of the Carousel Wind Tunnel (CWT) allows for a long flow distance in a small sized tunnel since the test section is a continuous circuit and allows for a variable pseudo-gravity. A prototype design was built and calibrated to gain some understanding of the characteristics of the design and the results presented.
Document ID
19890005650
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Leach, R. N. (Arizona State Univ. Tempe., United States)
Greeley, Ronald (Arizona State Univ. Tempe., United States)
Iversen, James D. (Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology Ames., United States)
White, Bruce R. (California Univ. Davis., United States)
Marshall, John R. (Arizona State Univ. Tempe, AZ, United States)
Date Acquired
September 5, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: NASA, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Experiments in Planetary and Related Sciences and the Space Station
Subject Category
Research And Support Facilities (Air)
Accession Number
89N15021
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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