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  2. List of wind tunnels - Wikipedia

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    Large Low Speed Wind Tunnel 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) by 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) Low Turbulence Wind Tunnel 0.8 m (2 ft 7 in) by 0.6 m (2 ft 0 in) Open Jet Wind Tunnel 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) diameter United Kingdom University of British Columbia Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel [90] 2.5 m × 1.6 m × 23.6 m (8 ft 2 in × 5 ft 3 in × 77 ft 5 in)

  3. Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel (Mountain View, California)

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    Portion of the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel in 2014. Construction of this facility began in 1950-1951 and continued until 1955. Because no one wind tunnel could meet all the demands for additional research facilities simulating the entire range of aircraft and missile flight, NACA chose to build the Ames tunnel with three separate test sections drawing power from a common centralized power plant.

  4. Category:Wind tunnels - Wikipedia

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    AGARD-B wind tunnel model; ... Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel (Mountain View, California) V. Variable Density Tunnel; Vertical wind tunnel; Virginia Tech Stability Wind Tunnel;

  5. Wind tunnel - Wikipedia

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    Wind tunnel test sections range in size from less than a foot across, to over 100 feet (30 m), and with air speeds from a light breeze to hypersonic. The earliest wind tunnels were invented towards the end of the 19th century, in the early days of aeronautical research, as part of the effort to develop heavier-than-air flying machines.

  6. Wind power in California - Wikipedia

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    California wind resources. Wind power in California had initiative and early development during Governor Jerry Brown's first two terms in the late 1970s and early 1980s. [1] [2] The state's wind power capacity has grown by nearly 350% since 2001, when it was less than 1,700 MW.

  7. List of tunnels in California - Wikipedia

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    John F. Foran Freeway (I-280), (southbound only) at its interchange with the 19th Avenue (SR 1) in Daly City; Lighthouse Avenue Tunnel, [7] [8] Monterey; Tom Lantos Tunnels/Devil's Slide Tunnels, twin tunnels, SR 1 beneath Devil's Slide between Pacifica and Montara; Tunnels to Nowhere, two tunnels, Shoemaker Canyon Road (unpaved), San Gabriel ...

  8. Gavin Newsom hopes California can become epicenter of wind ...

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    California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Friday a new set of plans to achieve his state’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2045, including asking the California Energy Commission to plan ...

  9. Ames Research Center - Wikipedia

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    The Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel (UPWT) was completed in 1956 at a cost of $27 million under the Unitary Plan Act of 1949. Since its completion, the UPWT facility has been the most heavily used NASA wind tunnel within the NASA Wind Tunnel Fleet. Every major commercial transport and almost every military jet built in the United States over the last ...