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Technology & facilities

Here is a list of the equipment/research facilities that we use:

The AeroClimar Centre relies on the following existing infrastructures as the foundation for conducting its diverse research activities:

  1. State of the art full scale climatic wind tunnel for testing and model validation through ACE.
  2. Anechoic chamber with multi-axis shaker table through ACE.
  3. Large and small climatic chamber with -40oC to +60oC temperature range through ACE.
  4. Small scale low turbulence wind tunnel for aerodynamic research.
  5. A model climatic drive-through wind tunnel
  6. High speed wind tunnel for aeracoustics research.
  7. The WoW “weather on wheels” instrumented vehicle.
  8. Full scale weather instruments: disdrometers; sonic anemometers; weather stations; infrared cameras.
  9. A full scale and small scale rain simulators.
  10. Model remote controlled test vehicle.
  11. Solid and Surface fabrication and Multi-material Additive Manufacturing facilities including Vat PhotoPolymerization, Material Extrusion, and Selective Laser Sintering machines
  12. Multi-physics Simulation, CAD/CAM, Topology Optimization and Generative Design, digital twin simulation platforms, various digital design software and hardware workstations.
  13. Multi-scale digital metrology and digital inspection systems, laser scanners, tactile probing, surface tomophraphy (micro scale), long range laser tracker (up to 40 m).
  14. SHARCNET’s supercomputer systems for advanced CFD simulations