Propelled winds reach 200 mph
in Easterwood wind test facilities
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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
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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.
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Dr. David Norton, associate pro
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