Wind tunnel
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- OBJECT TYPE
- OPEN LOOP/SUPERSONIC/TEST SECTION
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1967.1414.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 12
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- metal/ wood inside test section
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 65.0 cm
- Width
- 2.6 m
- Height
- 2.4 m
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Research
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- possibly between 1950 to 1967
- Canada
-
It was possibly the second such tunnel in Canada and, was located at the Institute for Aerophysics, at the University of Toronto. At the time, the Institute was headed by Dr. Gordon Patterson. Assisting in the development of supersonic wind tunnels were Irvine I. Glass and Gerald Bull. - Function
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The supersonic wind tunnel with a 16 in x 16 in test bed came from the Institute of Aerophysics, University of Toronto. It was used for basic research in aerophysics such as in the investigation of fundamental problems in high speed gas dynamics. - Technical
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Structural components of supersonic wind tunnel. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- none
- Missing
- wiring was cut off
- Finish
- Very rusty with evidence of grey and blue paint
- Decoration
- none
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Unknown Manufacturer, Wind tunnel, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1967.1414, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1967.1414.001/
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