Design and performance analysis of a variable pitch axial flow fan for Anakara wind tunnel

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In this study, a variable pitch axial flow fan is designed and analysed for Ankara Wind Tunnel (AWT). In order to determine the loss caharacteristics of AWT, an algorithm is developed and the results are validated. Also some pressure and velocity measurements are made at the fan section to find the losses experimentally. After completion of the fan design, analyses are made at different volumetric flowrates and blade angles including the design point and the performance characteristics of the fan are obtained and thereafter the operating range of the tunnel is deterimened.

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Aeronautics.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12607091/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/15717

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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L. Yalçın, “Design and performance analysis of a variable pitch axial flow fan for Anakara wind tunnel,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2006.