Monash Wind Tunnel

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Monash Wind Tunnel

Contact us

+61 3 9905 5865
Building 37
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Monash University Clayton

Key contacts

Mr David Burton
Manager
Monash Wind Tunnel
david.burton@monash.edu

Professor John Sheridan
Professor of Fluid Mechanics
john.sheridan@monash.edu

The Monash Wind Tunnel is a low-speed automotive aerodynamic testing facility. It is the largest wind tunnel in the southern hemisphere.

Our facility is open to industry partners, academics and students.

We facilitate aerodynamic and wind noise research. We also help to develop full-scale production vehicles for Australian and international markets.

We provide research and development to various industries, such as:

  • ground transportation aerodynamics (trains and trucks)
  • turbine aerodynamics and wind energy siting
  • aerospace (unmanned air vehicles and micro-flight technologies)
  • sports aerodynamics
  • fundamental aerodynamic research

The Australian Institute of Sport has also used the tunnel to improve the training of world-class athletes including cyclist Cadel Evans and rower Amber Halliday.

Our services

  • Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic behaviour of road vehicles
  • Testing of wind turbine farm models
  • Wind testing of building facades
  • Testing of turbine aerodynamic performance
  • Sports aerodynamics

Our key technologies

  • Large aerodynamic wind tunnel facility (four test sections)
  • 2 by 2 metre cross-section 450 kW wind tunnel (boundary layer tests)
  • Six-component force balance system
  • Scale model force balance systems
  • Multi-channel dynamic pressure measurement system
  • High-frequency velocity probes
  • Anthropometric manikin

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Access details

You can access this facility via:

  • Collaborative research
  • Fee for service
  • Consultancies