{"id":324,"date":"2017-08-02T07:09:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T12:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/unsteady-fluid-dynamics-group\/?page_id=324"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:25:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:25:46","slug":"anechoic-wind-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/unsteady-fluid-dynamics-group\/facilities\/anechoic-wind-tunnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Anechoic Wind Tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The anechoic wind tunnel is located in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department at the University of Florida. A picture of the facility is shown above while a schematic of the wind tunnel is shown in the figure below.\u00a0 The interior dimensions (from wedge tip to wedge tip) are 5:5m long by 5m wide by 2:3m high. The wedges are constructed from fiberglass enclosed by a steel mesh screen to achieve a cut-off frequency of 100 Hz. The wall panels inside the anechoic chamber are also acoustically treated to minimize the disturbances from background noise. Details of this anechoic wind tunnel can be found in Mathew et al.*<\/p>\n<p>*Mathew, J., Bahr, C., Carroll, B., Sheplak, M., and Cattafesta, L., \u201cDesign, fabrication, and characterization of an anechoic wind tunnel facility,\u201d AIAA paper, 2005-3052.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/unsteady-fluid-dynamics-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/723\/2017\/12\/anechoic.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of anechoic wind tunnel test section\" class=\"wp-image-466\" style=\"width:651px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/unsteady-fluid-dynamics-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/723\/2017\/12\/anechoic.jpg 330w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/unsteady-fluid-dynamics-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/723\/2017\/12\/anechoic-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/unsteady-fluid-dynamics-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/723\/2019\/06\/anechoic2.png\" alt=\"machine drawing of anechoic wind tunnel\" class=\"wp-image-618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/unsteady-fluid-dynamics-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/723\/2019\/06\/anechoic2.png 775w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/unsteady-fluid-dynamics-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/723\/2019\/06\/anechoic2-300x266.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/unsteady-fluid-dynamics-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/723\/2019\/06\/anechoic2-768x682.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The anechoic wind tunnel is located in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department at the University of Florida. 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