Design of a return circuit for an open loop wind tunnel

This work is about the design of two different solutions of a return circuit for the subsonic open loop wind tunnel of the University of Bologna placed in the laboratory of aerodynamics. The possibility of realizing a return circuit was born from the idea of moving the current wind tunnel to a different place. Realizing a closed-type wind tunnel could permit a better installation with reduced costs since the starting point of the project is an existing tunnel. Two different design solutions are shown in order to satisfy different conditions of allocation: one model has vertical development, the other has horizontal development. The conceptual phase is followed by a study of the pressure losses in order to evaluate which design solution could be the best.