This is an alphabetical list of wind tunnels.
Name | Status | Size (W x H x L) | Use | Country | Comments | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A2 Wind Tunnel[1] | Full scale general purpose | United States | ~$500/hr full scale race car, motorcycle, bicycle | |||
ACE Climatic Wind Tunnel[2] | Full scale: automotive, motorsport, cycling, skiing, architectural, transit, truck, product development | Canada | Available and accessible for all industries requiring wind tunnel services or climatic services | |||
Aerodium Sigulda[3] | Operational | Testing, training, open to the public | Latvia | First vertical wind tunnel in Eastern Europe | ||
AeroDyn Wind Tunnel[4] | Full scale NASCAR racecars | United States | ||||
Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit[5] | Operational | Hypersonic | United States | Located at Arnold Air Force Base and operated by the United States Air Force | ||
Aircraft Research Association[6] | Operational | Transonic | United Kingdom | Transonic closed circuit, continuous flow wind tunnel. Mach number 0 - 1.4. Reynolds Number 3.5 to 16.7 million/m[7] | ||
Auto Research Center[8] | Subsonic research and development including: 50% scale model automotive rolling road, wind turbine design and optimization, and cycling | United States | Wind tunnel has a moving ground plane as well as primary and secondary boundary layer suction. Subsonic testing capabilities for motorsports, production cars, commercial semi-trucking, cycling, wind turbines, architecture, aerospace, academic research, and industrial research and development. | |||
RUAG Automotive Wind Tunnel Emmen[9] | Operational | Low speed automotive and general purpose | Switzerland | Belt system for rolling road simulation | ||
Boeing Icing Wind Tunnel[10] | Operational | United States | ||||
Boeing Low-speed Aero-Acoustic Facility[11] | Operational | United States | ||||
Boeing Polysonic (supersonic) Wind Tunnel[12] | Operational | United States | ||||
Boeing Propulsion Wind Tunnel[13] | Operational | Low-speed, atmospheric, non-return, induction-type facility. Typical models include engine inlets, exhaust nozzles, small engines or powered vehicles, aerodynamic half or full models, as well as thrust reversers. | United States | |||
Boeing Subsonic (low-speed) Wind Tunnel[14] | Operational | United States | ||||
Boeing Transonic Wind Tunnel[15] | Operational | United States | ||||
Boundary Layer and Subsonic Wind Tunnel[16] | Operational | Boundary Layer Test Section: Subsonic Test Section: | Boundary Layer Development / Low-Speed / Subsonic / General Purpose | United States | ||
Building Research Establishment[17] | Operational | United Kingdom | Two atmospheric boundary layer tunnels | |||
Cal Poly's Low Speed Wind Tunnel[18] | Low speed: Scale model testing, Aerospace, Automotive, IR industry | United States | Startups, major Aerospace corporations and other scientific equipment tested here. Rolling road implementation in progress. | |||
Calspan Wind Tunnel[19] | Operational | Subsonic / Transonic | United States | The only independently owned and operated wind tunnel in the United States. | ||
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute T-1 | Diameter by | Russia | ||||
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute T-2 | Diameter by | Russia | ||||
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute T-5 | Diameter by | Russia | ||||
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute T-101[20] | Russia | |||||
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute T-102 | Russia | |||||
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute T-103 | (elliptical) | Russia | ||||
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute T-104 | Diameter | Russia | ||||
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute T-105[21] | Diameter by | Vertical wind tunnel | Russia | |||
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute T-106 | Diameter by | Russia | ||||
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute T-107 | Diameter by | Russia | ||||
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute T-109 | Russia | |||||
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute T-112 | Russia | |||||
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute T-113 | Russia | |||||
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute T-113 | Russia | |||||
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute T-116 | Russia | |||||
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute T-117 | Russia | |||||
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute T-124 | Russia | |||||
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute T-128 | Russia | |||||
City, University of London Transonic Wind Tunnel[22] | Operational | by by ; return: by by | United Kingdom | Mach 0.4 – 2.0; return max speed 12 m/s. Part of the UK National Wind Tunnel Facility | ||
Cranfield University 8x4 Atmospheric Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel | Operational | by | United Kingdom | |||
Cranfield University 8'x6' Low Speen Wind Tunnel[23] | Operational | by | United Kingdom | Part of the UK National Wind Tunnel Facility | ||
Cranfield University Weybridge Wind Tunnel | Operational | diameter jet | United Kingdom | |||
Cranfield University Icing Tunnel[24] | Operational | by ; octagonal; by | United Kingdom | Three test sections. Part of the UK National Wind Tunnel Facility | ||
CRIACIV Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel - University of Florence[25] | Operational | Building, bridges, general purpose | Italy | Closed circuit wind tunnel, T-shaped diffuser, one atmospheric test section (max speed). | ||
Durham University 2m tunnel[26] | Operational | United Kingdom | Subsonic; turbulence generation system; moving or fixed ground | |||
Durham University 1m recirculating wind tunnel | Operational | by by | United Kingdom | – | ||
Durham University – smaller tunnels | Operational | United Kingdom | Three tunnels; max speed 20 m/s | |||
EDITH supersonic wind tunnel[27] | Operational | Diameter by | Long shot time running (20 minutes). | France | Fundamental research on shock waves. Aerodynamic and aerothermal behaviour of probes and models. Fluidic thrust vectoring of supersonic nozzle | |
Energy Technology Centre | Operational | Working section by | Wind blade testing | United Kingdom | ||
European Transonic Wind Tunnel[28] | Transonic | Germany | ||||
Ferrari wind tunnel[29] | Operational | wide by long | Italy | |||
Focke's wind tunnel[30] | Operational | Germany | Private laboratory of Henrich Focke, not discovered until 1977 | |||
Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel[31] | Low speed: scale model testing, automotive, aerospace | United States | ||||
GVPM[32] | Operational | Building, bridges, rail, aeronautical, general purpose | Italy | Vertically arranged closed circuit wind tunnel with two test sections: one atmospheric (max speed), one aeronautical (max speed) with possibility to test with open / closed jet. | ||
Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9[33] | Diameter | United States | Located at Arnold Air Force Base and operated by the United States Air Force | |||
Imperial College London | Operational | Low speed tunnels: to | United Kingdom | Five low speed tunnels and other tunnels up to mach 9 | ||
Jules Verne climatic wind tunnel[34] [35] | Operational | Automotive, Rail, Full scale general purpose | France | Three test sections with wind speeds up to | ||
Klebanoff–Saric Wind Tunnel[36] | Operational | United States | ||||
Large Amplitude Multi-Purpose (LAMP) Vertical Wind Tunnel Bihrle Applied Research[37] | Operational | Diameter | Vertical, Subsonic, High AOA, Static or body-axis oscillatory | Germany | Privately owned wind tunnel. +- 180 degree AOA and +-90 degree sideslip. Diverse testing capability: static, wind body axis dynamic, Multi-body axis dynamic, simultaneous force moment and pressure data acquisition. | |
RUAG Large Wind Tunnel Emmen[38] | Operational | Low speed aerospace, full scale automotive and general purpose | Switzerland | |||
Lockheed Martin Low Speed Wind Tunnel[39] | Operational | Aeronautics, Full Scale Automotive, V/STOL Aircraft, General Purpose | United States | Larger test section was designed for use of V/STOL aircraft but is not limited to such. Max speed of ~ in smaller test section and ~ in the larger test section. | ||
Loughborough University Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering Low Turbulence Windtunnel | Operational | United Kingdom | AAE Large Windtunnel | |||
Loughborough University Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering Large Windtunnel | Operational | United Kingdom | ||||
Loughborough University Automotive Wind Tunnel[40] | Operational | by by | United Kingdom | 'Rolling road' moving ground plane. Part of the UK National Wind Tunnel Facility | ||
MARHy wind Tunnel[41] | Operational | Diameter by | Hypersonic/supersonic rarefied wind tunnel. No limit running time. Reynolds number /cm: 26.3 < Re < 7522;Mach number: 0.8 < Mach < 20 | France | Fundamental and applied research of fluid dynamic phenomena in rarefied compressible flows. Aerodynamic and aerothermal behaviour of probes and models; Plasma flow control in rarefied and super/hypersonic flows. | |
Modine Wind Tunnels[42] | United States | Climatic wind tunnel testing, large truck and automotive | ||||
NASA Ames 7-by 10 Foot Wind Tunnel[43] | United States | |||||
NASA Ames Hypersonic Propulsion Integration 16 Inch Shock | Diameter | Hypersonic propulsion | United States | |||
NASA Ames Hypersonic Propulsion Integration Direct-Connect | Hypersonic propulsion | United States | ||||
NASA Ames National Full Scale Aerodynamic Complex[44] | Subsonic | United States | Largest wind tunnel in the world | |||
NASA Ames Subsonic 12 Foot High-Rn Pressure[45] | Diameter | Subsonic | United States | |||
NASA Ames 9-by 7-foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel[46] | Supersonic | United States | ||||
NASA Ames 11-by 11-foot Transonic Wind Tunnel[47] | Transonic | United States | ||||
NASA Ames Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel[48] | Transonic/supersonic | United States | ||||
NASA Glenn 10- by 10-Foot Abe Silverstein Supersonic Wind Tunnel[49] | Supersonic | United States | ||||
NASA Glenn 8- by 6-Foot Wind Tunnel[50] | Transonic | United States | ||||
NASA Glenn 9- by 15-Foot Low-Speed Wind Tunnel[51] | Subsonic | United States | ||||
NASA Glenn Aero-Acoustic Propulsion Laboratory Nozzle Acoustic Test Rig[52] | Diameter | Acoustic testing of exhaust nozzles, subsonic | United States | Free-jet | ||
NASA Glenn Engine Components Research Lab[53] | United States | |||||
NASA Glenn Hypersonic Test Facility[54] | Hypersonic | United States | ||||
NASA Glenn Icing Research Tunnel | Subsonic Icing | United States | ||||
NASA Glenn Propulsion Systems Laboratory[55] | Active | Diameter by long | Full-Scale Engine Testing | United States | Four test cells: 1 & 2 demolished; 3 & 4 active. Cell 3 has icing capabilities | |
NASA Langley 14- by 22-Foot Subsonic Tunnel | Subsonic atmospheric | United States | ||||
NASA Langley 20-Foot Vertical Spin Tunnel | Diameter | Subsonic vertical spin | United States | |||
NASA Langley Eight-Foot High Speed Tunnel[56] - | Diameter | High speed | United States | |||
NASA Langley Full-Scale Wind Tunnel[57] | Demolished | Full-scale aircraft | United States | NASA's oldest operating wind tunnel until its closing in October 1995 | ||
NASA Langley High-Rn Transonic Dynamics Tunnel[58] | Operational | Aeroelasticity, high-risk testing, active controls, rotorcraft performance and stability, transonic aerodynamics. | United States | Unique capability to manipulate fluid-structure scaling parameters with use of Heavy-Gas (R-134a) or air as a test medium and variable pressure.[59] Good flow quality for large transonic tunnel (Mach 0–1.2)[60] | ||
NASA Langley Hypersonic 20 Inch Mach 6 Air[61] | Diameter | Hypersonic | United States | |||
NASA Langley Hypersonic 20 Inch Mach 6 Tetrafluoromethane[62] | Demolished in 2016[63] | Diameter | Hypersonic | United States | ||
NASA Langley Hypersonic 31 Inch Mach 10 Air | Diameter | Hypersonic | United States | |||
NASA Langley Hypersonic Propulsion Integration 15 Inch Mach 6 High-Temperature Tunnel[64] | Diameter | Hypersonic | United States | |||
NASA Langley Hypersonic Propulsion Integration 8 Foot High-Temperature Tunnel[65] | Diameter | Hypersonic, high-temperature | United States | |||
NASA Langley Hypersonic Propulsion Integration Arc-Heated Scramjet[66] | Hypersonic | United States | ||||
NASA Langley Hypersonic Propulsion Integration Combustion Scramjet[67] | Hypersonic | United States | ||||
NASA Langley Hypersonic Propulsion Integration Supersonic Combustion | Hypersonic | United States | ||||
NASA Langley NASA / GASL HYPULSE Propulsion Integration[68] | United States | |||||
NASA Langley National Transonic Facility[69] | Transonic | United States | ||||
NASA Langley Propeller Research Tunnel[70] | Diameter | Full-scale aircraft used primarily in reducing drag caused by propellers and exposed engines | United States | |||
NASA Langley Subsonic 12 Foot Atmospheric Lab[71] | Diameter | Subsonic atmospheric | United States | |||
NASA Langley Subsonic Low-Turbulence Pressure Tunnel[72] | Subsonic low-turbulence | United States | ||||
NASA Langley Supersonic High-Rn | Supersonic | United States | ||||
NASA Langley Transonic 16 Foot Atmospheric[73] | Transonic atmospheric | United States | ||||
NASA Langley Variable Density Tunnel | Diameter by long | Measuring aerodynamic qualities of airfoils | United States | World's first variable density wind tunnel | ||
National Wind Tunnel Facility[74] | Operational | United Kingdom | Twenty-two wind tunnels at twelve universities allowing open access | |||
ODTÜ-RÜZGEM[75] | Operational | High Speed Test Section: Boundary Layer Test Section: Open Jet: | Wind energy, aeronautics, civil engineering | Turkey | High Speed Test Section: Max speed, TI<0.25% Boundary Layer Test Section: Max speed with spires and roughness elements Open Jet: Max speed Interchangeable modular test sections, 6x400 kW axial fan array, 750 kW heat exchanger | |
ONERA Modane S1MA wind tunnel[76] | Operational | Diameter by | Subsonic atmospheric | France | Largest continuous blow-down wind tunnel in the world, Mach 0.05 to 1. | |
ONERA Modane S2MA wind tunnel[77] | Operational | Supersonic | France | Continuous-flow wind tunnel, Variable pressure, Mach 0.1 to Mach 3.0. | ||
PHEDRA (Arc-jet) high enthalpy wind tunnel[78] | Operational | Diameter by | Supersonic high enthalpy rarefied wind tunnel. No limit running time . Averaged enthalpy, Mj/kg: few < Ho < 50; Mach number: 2 < Mach < 8;Working gas: N2, Air, CO2, CH4, Ar and extensive mixtures | France | Fundamental research of high enthalpy fluid dynamic phenomena in non-equilibrium flows. Aerodynamic and aerothermal behaviour of probes and models; Atmospheric entry research. | |
Poul la Cour Tunnel[79] | Operational | Airfoil aerodynamics and aeroacoustics, 10 to 105 m/s, Re~7M | Denmark | Named for Poul la Cour | ||
Propulsion Wind Tunnel Facility[80] | Operational | Transonic: Supersonic: | United States | Part of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex located at Arnold Air Force Base and operated by the United States Air Force | ||
Rail Tec Arsenal Climatic Wind Tunnel[81] | Operational | Full scale: transit, locomotive, automotive, propeller and turbines, airfoils and aircraft Icing-, solar-, precipitatoin tests all subsonic | Austria | RTA operates the longest climatic wind channel in the world. Whole trains up can be tested under real world conditions from and variable climatic conditions. | ||
R J Mitchell Wind Tunnel[82] | Operational | United Kingdom | Largest university owned wind tunnel in the United Kingdom, named for R. J. Mitchell | |||
RWDI Wind Tunnels[83] | Operational | Wind engineering, scale buildings | Canada | Two wind tunnels | ||
San Diego Wind Tunnel[84] | United States | Major airframers, bicycle manufacturers and professional athletes | ||||
T3 Hypersonic wind tunnel[85] | Brazil | |||||
Texas A&M Oran W. Nicks Low Speed Wind Tunnel[86] | Scale aircraft, UAV, rocket, missile, academic research, automotive, motorsport, cycling, skiing, architectural, transit, truck, product development 0-200MPH | United States | ||||
TitanX Jamestown Vehicle Climatic Wind Tunnel[87] | Climatic testing of vehicle systems and entire trucks | United States | Open for external clients | |||
Trisonic Wind Tunnel[88] | United States | |||||
Trudelturm[89] | Height | Germany | ||||
University of Bristol | Operational | Large Low Speed Wind Tunnel by Low Turbulence Wind Tunnel by Open Jet Wind Tunnel diameter | United Kingdom | |||
University of British Columbia Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel[90] | Boundary layer, architectural, and wind-engineering studies | Canada | Speed range: | |||
University of British Columbia Parkinson Wind Tunnel[91] | Aeronautical research, studies of flow-induced oscillations, studies of wind tunnel blockage effects | Canada | Speed range: | |||
University of Glasgow | Operational | De-Havilland Wind Tunnel by Handley-Page Wind Tunnel by Low Speed Wind Tunnel by Flow Visualisation Wind Tunnel by | United Kingdom | |||
University of Manchester | Operational | Hypersonic wind tunnel diameter Trisonic wind tunnel by Open-circuit boundary layer tunnel by by Open-circuit wind tunnel by by Open-circuit wind tunnel by by Closed-circuit water tunnel by by Tilting flume by by | United Kingdom | Hypersonic wind tunnel: Mach 4, 5, 6; trisonic wind tunnel: Mach 0 to 0.8, 1.8 | ||
University of Southampton | Operational | 3' x 2' tunnel by by 7' x 5' tunnel by R J Mitchell Wind Tunnel by | United Kingdom | |||
University of Surrey | Operational | EnFlo Laboratory meteorological wind tunnel by by | United Kingdom | |||
University of Washington Aeronautical Laboratory, Kirsten Wind Tunnel[92] | Subsonic | United States | ||||
University of Washington Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics 3x3[93] | Velocity range approx. | United States | The original "Boeing Aerodynamical Chamber", built in 1918 with an Eiffel and updated in the early 1990s with new power systems and a higher velocity EDL | |||
Virginia Tech Stability Wind Tunnel[94] | United States | |||||
Von Karman Gas Dynamics Facility[95] | Operational | United States | Three tunnels at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex | |||
Williams F1 Wind Tunnel 2[96] | Operational | Motorsport / Automotive | United Kingdom | |||
WindShear Full Scale, Rolling Road, Automotive Wind Tunnel[97] | Wind shear | United States | ||||
Windtech Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel[98] | Operational | Low-Speed / Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel | Australia | Windtech owns and operates one of the largest boundary layer wind tunnel labs in the world with a total of 3 wind tunnels under one roof. Each wind tunnel is |