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| == History == | == History == |
| The faculty was made famous for its role in [[Team New Zealand]]'s [[America's Cup]] victory in 1995 and 2000, instrumental in its contribution was the world's first Twisted Flow Wind Tunnel built in 1994 at the Tamaki Campus that allows better simulation of the flow of wind over yacht sails by varying the angle of attack with height.<ref>http://www.engineers.auckland.ac.nz/~dpel004/yru/html/Wind-tunnel/background.html Background of the Twisted Flow Wind Tunnel Facility</ref> The smaller DeBray [[wind tunnel]] situated at the city campus is used for a variety of research and teaching purposes, but is primarily used commercially to provide pedestrian wind environment tests for new building consents for the [[Auckland City Council]] using its 1:400 scale model of the Auckland City central business district. | The faculty was made famous for its role in [[Team New Zealand]]'s [[America's Cup]] victory in 1995 and 2000, instrumental in its contribution was the world's first Twisted Flow Wind Tunnel built in 1994 at the Tamaki Campus that allows better simulation of the flow of wind over yacht sails by varying the angle of attack with height.<ref>http://www.engineers.auckland.ac.nz/~dpel004/yru/html/Wind-tunnel/background.html Background of the Twisted Flow Wind Tunnel Facility</ref> The newer wind tunnel situated at the Newmarket campus is used for a variety of research and teaching purposes, but is primarily used commercially to provide pedestrian wind environment tests for new building consents for the [[Auckland City Council]] using its 1:400 scale model of the Auckland City central business district. |
| == Departments == | == Departments == |
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