WindEEE Dome - Man-Made Tornadoes

Western University, London, Ontario July 18 2014

Filming at the WindEEE Dome, the Wind Engineering, Energy and Environment Research Institute at Western University; London, Ontario. The world's first three-dimensional wind testing chamber. They can simulate all kinds of winds, including... Straight-line winds, downbursts and... Tornadoes! This state of the art facility was still in the testing and commissioning phase when we visited. Eventually, it will be used for engineering experiments that require three-dimensional control of wind flow.   More about the WindEE Dome.

Standing in front of a scaled down tornado inside the simulator.	Mark and I, getting a feel for the winds. Our bodies were disrupting the airflow.

A set of fog machines makes the airflow visible in the man-made tornadoes.

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