The investigation reported herein is the experimental portion of a unified theoretical and experimental search for a slotted wind tunnel wall configuration with minimal interference for conventional and V/STOL models. It is shown that theory and experiment are in excellent agreement for the classical case provided an appropriate expression is used to relate the wall geometry to the boundary condition. Classical data correction equations are not appropriate for the V/STOL case, however. An additional term, not predicted by theory, is needed to account for changes in the jet wake. Geometric parameters which influence the wall interference quantities are indicated. Wall configurations are shown which will produce interference-free force data to a jet-to-free-stream velocity ratio of 4.5. (Author).

The lift interference was calculated for a porous wall wind tunnel by a modified method of block cyclic reduction. This efficient, numerical method has indicated its accuracy by comparison with other available analytical and approximate solutions. A scheme is introduced to search for optimum wall configurations. The lift interference computed for an NACA 64-series finite airfoil in some optimum configurations has demonstrated the achievement of minimization of interference. The effect of test section length is also examined. (Author).

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