Honeycomb insertion in FCITEC wind tunnel

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  • Oscar Adrián Morales Contreras Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Unidad Valle de las Palmas, Tijuana, Baja California, México. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0118-8132
  • Juan Antonio Paz González Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Unidad Valle de las Palmas, Tijuana, Baja California, México. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3807-5011
  • Mauricio Leonel Paz González Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Unidad Valle de las Palmas, Tijuana, Baja California, México. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1400-8460
  • Emigdia Guadalupe Sumbarda Ramos Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Unidad Valle de las Palmas, Tijuana, Baja California, México.
  • José Arciniega Martínez Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica (ESIME ), Unidad Azcapotzalco, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, México https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4996-8146

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37636/recit.v43187194

Keywords:

Wind tunnel, CFD, Honeycomb, Turbulence, Velocity profiles

Abstract

This research presents the results of the modification in the stabilizing chamber of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences and Technology (FCITEC), wind tunnel using a honeycomb and whose objective was to reduce the intensity of turbulence in the test area. The experimental results are presented and compared with a CFD analysis performed with ANSYS-Fluent software. The modification allowed a reduction in the intensity of turbulence by 2% in the test area.

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Wind tunnel simulation

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2021-09-06

How to Cite

Morales Contreras, O. A., Paz González, J. A., Paz González, M. L., Sumbarda Ramos, E. G., & Arciniega Martínez, J. (2021). Honeycomb insertion in FCITEC wind tunnel. REVISTA DE CIENCIAS TECNOLÓGICAS, 4(3), 187–194. https://doi.org/10.37636/recit.v43187194

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