Construction of the Experimental Aerodynamics Laboratory on the University of Colorado Boulder's East campus was completed in November of 2015. The Low-Speed Research Wind Tunnel was installed in October of 2015 and a thorough qualification of the flow qualitiy will be conducted during the Spring 2016 Semester. The architectural design of the building was performed by Chistopher Herr Architects, who put signficant thought into configuring the brick work to artistically display the wind sweeping across the building's exterior.
Below is a breif listing of the test facilities, instrumentation and other equipment in the Experimental Aerodynamics Laboratory. For more information about experimental capabilities and possible collaboarations please contact the laboratory director Professor John Farnsworth.
Test Facilities:
ITLL Educational Wind Tunnel
The Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department maintains and opperates a small-scale Eiffel Configuration Windtunnel for educational laboratory assignements in the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory (ITLL) at the University of Colorado Boulder. The wind tunnel was built by Aerolab LLC and has a 0.3 m square test section that is 0.6 m long. It cam achieve test section air speeds from 4.5 m/s to 65 m/s.