The Standard:
Flexibility, efficiency, and excellence.

01 / About Us

Data that drives performance.

Windshear continues to set the industry standard. Established in 2008, Windshear is an independent rolling road wind tunnel facility focused on the customer experience. Windshear provides manufacturers, motorsports teams, and a variety of other automotive clientele access to a state-of-the-art facility that delivers actionable and repeatable results.

  • This 180-mph wind tunnel is the first of its kind in North America

  • Designed to create real world wind and ground simulation with maximum measurability

  • Full-scale, open environment testing configuration

  • Comprehensive and proprietary data acquisition system allows testing for a wide range of performance factors

  • Strictest of security standards provides clients with the highest level of protection and privacy

02 / Our Facility

Overview

  • Single-belt ground simulation perfect for underbody flow and wheel wake accuracy

  • Supports full-scale vehicles up to 7,000 Newtons (1,574 pounds) per corner

  • Statistical Process Control techniques used to determine data repeatability and reproducibility

  • Staffed 24/7

  • Supports on-site test article preparation with technician support

Test Section

  • ¾ open jet Contraction of ratio 16.7 m2 nozzle area 14.5 m NEP to collector inlet with a relative length of 3.7 Full test section volume of 14.5 x 5.5 x 3.0 meters (L x W x H) Full plenum volume of 20.6 x 14.3 x 8.2 meters (L x W x H)

    Ground Simulation

  • MTS single 1mm stainless steel belt occupying 3.2 x 9 meters of floor space 80.5 mps (180 mph) max speed Turn table yaw capacity of +/- 8 degrees Through belt downforce measurement supporting full-scale vehicles up to 7,000 Newtons (1,574 pounds) per corner Restraint load cells for drag and side force measurements Minimal vehicle modification required

    Main Fan

  • Top speed of 80.5 mps (180 mph) 6.7 m-diameter 3.8 MW 29 blades Fixed blade pitch with variable RPM

    Flow Conditioning

  • Expanding third corner 15-mesh flow screen 3/8 hexagonal honeycomb 6 inches deep Constant temperature Primary and secondary tangential suction boundary layer control systems 2 Dynamic pressure measurement systems including plenum and nozzle

See the industry-leading innovations underway with Windshear and partner Pratt Miller

03 / Contact

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Please email Brian Nelson at bnelson@windshearinc.com
or call us at 704-788-WIND (9463) with questions and inquiries.

1050 Ivey Cline Rd
Concord, NC 28027

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