Abstract
Adaptive-wall wind tunnel technology is examined as a natural extension of the continuing effort to mitigate wall-induced wind tunnel interference. The state of the art in interference assessment is briefly surveyed starting from its inception in the 1920s to present day practice. It is concluded that adaptive-wall wind tunnels will play a major role in future aerodynamic research, but that they will probably be used in a different manner than current wind tunnels. It is also concluded that more effort is needed to sort out the complex hardware/software/sensor relationships that will be required to support a large-scale, high-Reynolds-number, adaptive-wall wind tunnel.
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