User:Gaurav Pruthi/National Wind Tunnel Facility (India)

National Wind Tunnel Facility is one of the prominent aerodynamics testing laboratory wind tunnel facility established at IIT Kanpur, [India]]. It was established in 1999.

History
The idea to establish wind tunnel facility was conceived by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in 1990s. He discussed the conceptiono f he same with senior professors of aerospace engineering in IIT-Kanpur, leading to the establishment of the laboratory. It took five years for the construction of the wind tunnel facility to come up on the institute and was inaugurated on January 24, 1999.

Areas of Research

 * The test facility carries out research in following domains:
 * Wind Tunnel Instrumentation
 * Missile Aerodynamics
 * Decelerator Aerodynamics
 * Unsteady and High Angle of Attack Aerodynamics
 * Take-off and Landing Characteristics of Aerospace Vehicles including Ground Effect
 * Development of High Lift Devices
 * Transport Aircraft Studies Including Aerofoil Development.
 * Helicopter Aerodynamics
 * Aerodynamics of Road Vehicles
 * Wind Effect on Structures Including Interference Effect.
 * Aerodynamics Wind Power Devices
 * Air Pollution Dispersion
 * Virtual Instrumentation