| Date Built: | 2002 |
| Last Renovated: | |
| Size H/W/L: | 12.6 ft x 45.4 ft x 118.1 ft (3.84 m x 13.84 m x 36 m) |
| Max Wind Speed: | 35.8 mph (57.6 kph) |
| Construction Type: | Closed |
| Reynolds Number: | 1*10E5 to 1.1*10E6 per meter |
| Circuit Type: | Single vertical return, closed-circuit |
| Power: | 1.4 MW |
| Power Type: | 12-bladed fan, diameter = 1750mm |
| Stagnation Pressure/Temperature: | Ambient / Ambient |
| Data System: | PCs |
| Data Acquisition: | National Instruments cards |
| Pressure System: | |
| Balances: | Internal balances available |
| Ground Effects: | |
| Test Types: | Aeroelastic, aero, wind engineering, rotor tests |
| Air Supply System: | 9.5 atm |
| Air Mass Flow: | 4500 cubic-meter/hour |
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| Facility History: | Facility History The GVPM is a large new facility that has been designed and built at Politecnico di Milano. The aim of this project was to improve the capabilities of Politecnico di Milano in aerodynamic testing. The first preliminary studies started in 1993 (the aerodynamic design process was supported by CFD calculations and by experimental investigations on a small scale model). The project was driven by two constraints. First the facility was to be housed in an existing building. Second there was a need for different kinds of testing ranging from civil to aeronautical engineering applications. Such constraints led to a rather unconventional layout. The construction began in 1998 and the wind tunnel started operating in 2002. |
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