Wind tunnel
Túnel de viento
- Date
- 1871–1901 · confidence high
- Place
- Dayton, Ohio, United States
- Credited to
- Francis Wenham and John Browning (Greenwich, 1871); the Wright brothers (1901 tunnel, lift tables)
- People
- 👤 John Moses Browning1855–1926
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
Duct with controlled airflow for measuring forces on models. The Wrights used it to correct Lilienthal's data and design efficient wings.
What it led to
- Aeronautical engineering based on testing rather than trial and error
- Aerodynamic laboratories (Göttingen, NACA)
- Aerodynamics of the automobile and of architecture
Built on
- Cayley's aerodynamics
- Fan
Made possible
- Airplane (powered controlled flight)1903
- Laminar-flow aerofoil
- Rocket