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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1980)
Propelled winds reach 200 mph in Easterwood wind test facilities THE BATTALION Page5 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1980 By MICHELLE MORREY Campus Reporter Winds of 150 miles per hour hit a skyscraper. No one is injured and the building is unharmed. Within mi nutes, the winds subside. Sound un believable? It does happen, and fre quently at Texas A&M University’s wind tunnel at Easterwood Airport. The wind tunnel is a large rectan gular-shaped steel duct about 50 yards long. Wind is generated from a propeller off the B-29 “Enola Gay,” the plane which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The tunnel gradually gets larger between the propeller and the test area. This design decreases the wind velocity as it travels through the tun nel. When the wind reaches the test area, the tunnel again narrows to one-tenth the size of the largest area of the duct, increasing the velocity. Winds up to 200 mph can be gener ated. The test area was built in the mid- 1940s and in 1959 the steel duct was installed. It hasn’t needed many re pairs, manager Joe Brusse said. To replace the steel tunnel today would cost $5 million to $6 million, he said. Brusse said aircraft, offshore drill ing rigs, ships, windmills and auto mobiles have all been tested at the wind tunnel. All test results are re corded by computer. He said the facility also did a series of tests for the space shuttle. Models of actual structures are tested. A model must be scaled down to fit in the test area which is seven feet high and 10 feet wide. Buildings such as the Reunion Building in Dallas and The Tower of the Americas at HemisFair in San Antonio have been tested at the wind tunnel. He said automobiles are tested to reach a compromise between styling and low wind resistance. New sidewalk lights improve track safety By CAROL THOMAS Campus Reporter Joggers worried about the dangers pf running on campus at night can now be assured of more safety. Six new lights have been turned on at the aerobics running track. Two sidewalk lights were placed fibout 100 yards apart at the north east comer of the track, parallel to fhrockmorton Street. Two more Sidewalk lights were put on either Side of the path which crosses the Irainage ditch. Street lights were placed on Jersey Street. The first four were turned on Jan. 16, and the other two were turned on Jan. 29. Brad Smith, student government vice president of student services, said the idea came up in the senate last fall. “We noticed a lot of people jog ging at night,” Smith said. Smith said there are gullies in the track and trees near the track that could cause injuries if unnoticed. “If it’s too dark to see a gully,” Smith said, “you’ll twist your ankle.” Another reason for the lights, OP representatives doubt s ‘Abscam’ account United Press International WASHINGTON — Eleven Re publicans believe Rep. Richard Kel t’s explanation of his involvement in , tiie “Arab scam” scandal was so in- | credible the GOP should investigate whether he deserves punishment by is own party. Kelly of Florida, the only Republi- an among seven House members plicated in the FBI’s undercover ribery investigation, said he Iccepted $25,000 from undercover FBI agents to further a secret inves- jtigation he was conducting on his heps. George M. O’Brien of Illi- ois and James T. Broyhill of North 'arolina drafted a letter to Republi- an House leader John Rhodes rging an inquiry into continuation of Kelly’s party privileges. ini Kelly’s story “challenges credibil- nl f |ty and suggests Mr. Kelly acted in a manner unbecoming a member of Congress,” the letter said. Nine other Republicans joined in signing it. The Republicans said the party would have several options if Kelly is unfit to continue association with them.” “We could expel him from the Re publican conference, we could take away his committee assignments, we could deny assistance for his re- election campaign and strip him of his seniority, rights and privileges he enjoys as a Republican,” the letter said. Kelly and the other seven House members — all Democrats — are now being investigated by the House Ethics Committee as well as the FBI. Th e committee announced Wednesday it has chosen E. Barrett Prettyman, member of a huge Washington law firm, as special counsel for the investigation. Smith said, was the danger of women running alone in the dark. For inst ance, campus police say a woman was raped Jan. 6 while on the track at night. Police have not found a sus pect. After the idea was brought up in the student senate, Eugene Ray, director of grounds maintenance, said he took two students with him to the track to decide if and where the lights were needed. Ray said he and the students de cided the trees needed pruning be cause the shade was obstructing the lights. “We took in 54 loads of brush,” said Ray. Howard Perry, associate vice president for student services, said the administration paid half the $6,500 bill and the student senate paid the other half. Smith said the student senate used reserves from student service fees to pay its half of the bill. Though Ray said the track is safer to run on, he said, joggers still need to be cautious. “I do think that people need to be encouraged to run in pairs,” said Ray. BILL’S AND JAY’S AUTO TUNE UP all cars $Q TC plus iJ. t %j parts Oil change FILTER 0 ! 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