Six Modular Low-Footprint Moveable Wind Tunnels for Teaching Purposes

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The University of Southampton is seeking to procure six modular low-footprint moveable wind tunnels for teaching purposes. The main use of the wind tunnels will be to teach Fluid Mechanic principles and expose students to different experimental techniques: • Laminar/turbulent boundary layer measurements; • Force and surface and wake pressure measurement on a cylinder. Each wind tunnels will have the following key attributes: • Quick setup, change-over, and removal time; • Modular design that allows easy switch-over between experiments; • Smallest floor space usage possible; • Easy access to all parts of the wind tunnel during use. We invite tenders from vendors who are able to provide the full life-cycle expertise. In the future we expect to extend the experiment suite to support different teaching labs.