Volume 14, Issue 2 • February 28, 2026

Low-Cost Wind Tunnel Protocols for Introductory Airfoil Laboratory Labs

Open access • Peer reviewed • CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Peter Halvorsen (Author) ORCID ; Nadia Torres (Co-author) ORCID

Aerospace EngineeringExperimental MethodsEducation Technology

Abstract

This paper proposes reproducible wind-tunnel protocols for measuring lift and drag in classroom airfoil activities. The protocol improved run-to-run consistency and reduced setup time for student teams.

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Peter Halvorsen, Nadia Torres (2026). Low-Cost Wind Tunnel Protocols for Introductory Airfoil Laboratory Labs. Journal of Young Scientists & Engineers, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.35940/jyse.AER.2026.140412

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