Natural Energy Conversion Science Laboratory

Iida Laboratory, Toyohashi University of Technology
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research facility

Computational resources

  • Supercomputers "Fugaku" at Riken, "ITO" at Kyushu University
  • Workstation (Intel Xeon, Memory 512GB, HDD over 100TB)
  • Large eddy simulation software Front Flow Blue (FFB),
    Direct numerical simulation of aeroacoustics software (AADNS)
  • Visualization software: Fieldview・Mesh generator: Pointwise
  • Visualization PC with graphics cards
    (GeForce RTX3090 x 2, 43inch 4K monitor)

Experimental facilities

Low-noise wind tunnel with ATG

Mainstream velocity~30m/s
Measurement area 300mm x 300mm x 1300mm
Turbulent intensity less than 1%(at 30m/s)
Uniformity less than 1%(at 30m/s)
BGN 65.2dB(A)(30m/s)

Low-velocity Wind tunnel

For PIV measurement of MAV
Mainstream velocity 0.2m/s~2m/s
Measurement area 400mm x 400mm x 400mm

Large low-noise wind tunnel

Active turbulence generator
Measurement area : 200×450 mm
Mainstream velocity : 0 - 38 m/s
BGN : 63dB(A) (@35m/s)

Anechoic chamber

Room size : 1940 ×1740 × 2400 mm
BGN : 43dB