LARGE TEST AREA COMPRESSED AIR WIND TUNNEL

摘要

Provided is a wind tunnel system capable of supporting high velocity applications and methods for constructing the same. Some aspects include a sub-surface storage space for storing large volumes of air for one or more of extended testing times, large test sections, and supersonic airspeeds. Some aspects include test sections sized for use with full scale sections of aircraft or major aircraft parts. Some embodiments store air at a constant volume and some sore at a constant pressure. Some embodiments include the use of cavities that appear as a result of industrial or geologic processes, including salt domes and abscesses remaining after carbon extraction.