Fig. 4. The soap-film tunnel is mounted in an inclined frame and driven by gravity.
It consists of three sections: a divergent section (i), the constant width (60
mm) test section in which the foil flaps (ii) and a convergent section (iii).
The soap reservoir (a) produces a constant head by using an overflow. The soap
flows from the reservoir (a) through a tuning valve (b) and an oval nozzle
made out of a plastic pipette (c). At the pipette (c) the soap film starts: it
runs down, driven by gravity, between two 1 mm thick Nylon wires (d) into
tunnel sections (i–iii). The Nylon wires are pulled apart with 0.2 mm
Dynema fishing lines (e). Finally the soap is collected in a reservoir (f) and
is drained into the main soap reservoir and pumped (P) back again to the top
reservoir (a).