Grant: Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
University of Western Ontario
$140,360.00
Low disturbance wind tunnel
EF 2009-10
Résumé
Funds are requested to replace the old and dysfunctional wind tunnel with a new low-disturbance wind tunnel. The present facility has several technical issues which affect the flow quality in the wind tunnel, and the results obtained from the wind tunnel tests are unreliable. As a result, this facility cannot be used for research activities, which is adversely affecting the research activities of the applicants.
The requested equipment is a closed-circuit wind tunnel. One unique feature of the requested wind tunnel is the very low level of background disturbance (within 0.1%) which is very crucial for providing the high quality flows related to the research activities of the applicants. The requested system will also allow use of state-of-the-art optical techniques; particle image velocimetry (PIV), laser induced fluorescence (LIF) and laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV) for velocity and species concentration measurements. The requested equipment will be used in diverse applications that cover the research areas of the applicants.
The equipment will support research projects mainly funded by NSERC. It is anticipated that the equipment will be used by at least ten graduate students in the coming four years, and will be fully utilized on other research projects in our research group in the future.
Programme
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
390308-2010
Name nom
Siddiqui, Kamran
Department département
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Organization id
36
Institution établissement
University of Western Ontario
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2009
Competition year année de concours
2010
Award amount
140360
Program id
EQPEQ
Program nane en
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Program name fr
Outils et instruments de recherche - catégorie 1 (<150 000$)
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
1512
Committee name en
Mechanical Engineering
Committee name fr
Génie mécanique
Area of application code
1206
Area of application group en
Advancement of knowledge
Area of application group fr
Avancement des connaissances
Area of application en
Engineering
Area of application fr
Génie
Research subject code
2200
Research subject group en
Fluid mechanics
Research subject group fr
Mécanique des fluides
Research subject en
Fluid mechanics
Research subject fr
Mécanique des fluides
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Low disturbance wind tunnel
Keyword
NA
Application summary
Funds are requested to replace the old and dysfunctional wind tunnel with a new low-disturbance wind tunnel. The present facility has several technical issues which affect the flow quality in the wind tunnel, and the results obtained from the wind tunnel tests are unreliable. As a result, this facility cannot be used for research activities, which is adversely affecting the research activities of the applicants.
The requested equipment is a closed-circuit wind tunnel. One unique feature of the requested wind tunnel is the very low level of background disturbance (within 0.1%) which is very crucial for providing the high quality flows related to the research activities of the applicants. The requested system will also allow use of state-of-the-art optical techniques; particle image velocimetry (PIV), laser induced fluorescence (LIF) and laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV) for velocity and species concentration measurements. The requested equipment will be used in diverse applications that cover the research areas of the applicants.
The equipment will support research projects mainly funded by NSERC. It is anticipated that the equipment will be used by at least ten graduate students in the coming four years, and will be fully utilized on other research projects in our research group in the future.
