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Group 3 Blade Testing Analysis
December 3, 2012 at 5:54 pm
Our JPEG files of our blades are for the 5.5 inch blades. Our 4 inch blades and 7 inch blades look exactly the same but one is shorter and the other is longer, respectively. EK 132 Blade Testing Blog Post
Group #1 Blade Testing Results
December 3, 2012 at 5:52 pm
Group 1 Results Post Large Ellipse (wingspan 4 in, chord 2 in) Medium Ellipse (wingspan 5.5 in, chord 2 in) Small Ellipse (wingspan 7 in, chord 2 in) Long Rounded Ends (wingspan 7 in, chord 2 in)
EK 132 Group #2 Blade Testing Results
December 3, 2012 at 5:09 pm
The link below is an example of the blade geometry: Ehrenpreis Team 2 The data that you will see displayed below is based on most variables in the system remaining constant. The constant variables in this experiment were the oval shape of the blade, the 15 degree pitch that all of the blades were […]
Group 4 Wind Turbine Data & Analysis
October 10, 2012 at 3:34 pm
Wing 1 Drawing Figure 1: Power Curve Figure 2: Pitch vs. Amperage (8.3 mph) Figure 3: Pitch vs. Power (8.3 mph) Notes from group: The design for our blade was a triangle, in which the height of the triangle is 7 inches and the base width would change between 1 inch and 5 inches. We […]
Wind Turbine Analysis
October 3, 2012 at 4:07 pm
Wind Turbine Data Analysis Wind Turbine Data Analysis By: Cameron Fowler, Donovan Dowers, Harris Gordon, Brendan Cook, and Julian Cortez Objective: Analyze the power generated from varying blade lengths as well as varying number of blades. Procedure: The blade design utilized in this experiment was a rectangular shape with width of 2in. and […]
Wind Turbine Blade Design and Testing Project
October 3, 2012 at 4:01 pm
Wind turbine blade design and testing project Brian Greco Nathaniel Michener Mike McNally Patrick Husted Daniel Kim Blade Geometries: The experiment used 3 rectangular blades with a constant width of 1.5 inches. From hub to tip, blades had span lengths of 5 inches, 7 inches, and 9 inches; the actual blade surface area […]