Mangalore : The students of final year mechanical engineering of St Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor, have built a wind tunnel for low speed testing models of aero-foils, buildings, cars, aircraft etc.
Gladwin Gregory DSouza, Alister Gleason DSouza, Ashrin Shannon Vas and Aston Preetham DSouza, guided by Rudolf DSouza, assistant professor, department of mechanical engineering, built the wind tunnel.
A wind tunnel is a tool used in aerodynamic research to study the effects of air moving past solid objects. A wind tunnel consists of a closed tubular passage with the object under test mounted in the middle.
Only few well known engineering institutions have this wind tunnel facility like ISRO, DRDO, IITs, NITs.The cost of the entire project is Rs 60,000 which is supported by both college and Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology (KSCST).
