OUR FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

An open-circuit, blowdown tunnel (12m long, 1.8m wide, and 1.8m high).

The maximum air speed at the test section of the tunnel is about 14.0 m/s and varies in the range of 4.7 to 14.0 m/s.

A turntable is set at the test section so that the influence of wind direction is taken into account during model testing.

Wind profiles over urban, suburban, and open terrains can be simulated at a geometric scale of 1/400 ~ 1/500.

A closed-circuit channel (3.0m long and 0.75m wide) used to visualize the flow around buildings and to investigate snow drifting / accumulation problems associated with buildings.

An open-circuit wind tunnel with a length of 4m and a cross section of 0.25m x 0.25m. Smoke is used for flow visualization around building models of various configurations. It is used primarily for teaching purposes.

Wind profiles over urban, suburban, and open terrains can be simulated at a geometric scale of 1/400 ~ 1/500.

A small building at the Loyola campus of Concordia University equipped with a weather station, pressure transducers, devices to release and to sample air pollutants, as well as a data logger with a modem for telecommunication.

Two airtight boxes separated by the test wall section (1m x 1m) where thermal and mass exchanges through the test section can be controlled and measured.