Jaypee Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel (BLWT) Facility

At Wind Engineering Application Centre (WEAC), JUET, Guna, India

Boundary layer wind tunnel (BLWT) testing is an internationally well established and accepted approach to determine the local wind
pressures and global wind-induced structural loads and responses. Being an experimental method at the laboratory level, followed
by standard analysis procedures, it offers versatile opportunities for the designer to investigate complex wind loads and responses,
due to influence of different shapes , and to test the structure under different terrains and wind speed regimes. Currently, BLWT
testing is the only reliable method available to study interference effects due to surrounding structures, which is an inevitable
scenario in any construction industry.

Jaypee Wind Engineering Application Centre (WEAC) at Jaypee University of Engineering & Technology (JUET), Guna, India has
recently established a state-of-the-art boundary layer wind tunnel (BLWT) facility, with a prime objective of providing innovative
solutions to wind engineering related problems in civil engineering/ infrastructure domain, besides pursuing and promoting R&D
excellence in the field of Wind Engineering.

Our Vision: To establish a Centre of Excellence of international repute in

Wind Engineering and to provide innovative solutions to industry problems.

Our Mission:
• Collaborate with industry and undertake sponsored and/or consultancy
projects.
• To pursue excellence in wind engineering through quality R&D.

Jaypee BLWT facility, initially conceived and designed by Indian experts, was also reviewed and vetted by renowned wind
engineering experts from Australia and New Zealand. Presently, this BLWT has the largest test section, in India, with a size of 3.0
m (H) x 3.5 m (W) x 22.0 m (L), and with a maximum wind speed of 40 m/s. Another unique feature of this BLWT is that it has a
blockage tolerant roof, which facilitates testing of large size models without any need for blockage correction.

Views of Jaypee state-of-art BLWT Facility at JUET, Guna, India

Facilities at Jaypee WEAC:

· Equipped with a state-of-the-art, closed-circuit Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel (BLWT) and associated infrastructure.
· Competent & experienced team to take up wind tunnel testing and consultancy works from India & Abroad.
· Being located in the campus of Jaypee University of Engineering & Technology (JUET), Guna, India, WEAC offers perfect
environment for inter-discipline collaboration & R&D activities; organize wind engineering lectures and/or organize National
/International Workshops/Symposiums and Conferences and bring awareness in the industry for BLWT Testing.
· Infrastructure for future expansion of the facility in the area of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) related research activities.

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Salient Features of Jaypee Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel (BLWT):
Jaypee’s state-of-the-art BLWT is the first private sector venture in India.

IMPORTANT SPECIFICATIONS

· One of the largest closed-circuit, low speed, BLWT in India

· Well-equipped for testing high-rise buildings along with other industrial/ civil infrastructure related structures
· Test Section Size: Largest amongst the few existing BLWT’s in India – 3.5m W x 3.0m H x 22m L
· Maximum Wind Speed: 40m/s (at test section)
· Contraction Ratio: 1:6

SPECIAL FEATURES

· Twin turn table facility (3.2 m dia)

· Blockage Tolerant Roof to accommodate large sized models
· Large size Settling Chamber (7.5m high x 8.4m wide x 7.0m long)
· 3D Traverse System (Automated 3-D Traverse System for entire test section)
· Turbulence Simulation (Ability to simulate atmospheric turbulence for different terrain conditions)
· Flow Aiding Devices (Equipped with Diffusers, Settling Chamber, Contraction Zone, Corner Regions with vanes etc.)
· Flow Conditioning Devices (Equipped with Honey-comb & Screens)
· Diffusers - One on the forward leg downwind of the test section with an area ratio of 1.4 (rectangular to octagonal, 8m long)
and the other diffuser (octagonal, 34m long) on the return leg downwind of the fan section with an area ratio of 2.8.
· Fan & Motor
Axial flow fan with following features:
- 10 blades made of FRP material
- 4.8m dia blades
- Volume flow rate of 450 m3/s
- 576 kW motor controlled by VFD
- 10.6m length of the fan section

INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS

· Hot-wire anemometry system: (normal and XY - wire probes)

· Multi-channel high scan dynamic pressure system (512 channels; 2 Initiums; 16 Scanners with DTC)
· Standard Pitot tube
· Six -component force balance
· Strain gauges and accelerometers
· Special arrangements for control of turn-table position; 3D-traverse system and fan speed.
· Data acquisition system/software: Labview, Matlab; PSI pressure measurement systems.

Contact Details:

Sanjeev Gupta Dr. Sumit Gandhi

Vice President Head, Civil Engineering Department
Email: sanjeev.gupta@jalindia.co.in Email: sumit.gandhi@juet.ac.in
Mobile: +91-9811425702 Mobile: +91-9406579505

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