PRINTING UPDATES After the first round of printing was examined, it was determined that for manufacturing small intricate parts such as these, SLA would most likely yield better results. This led to the decision to …
VWAT
Mini VAWT Optimization Update
DESIGN Initially, the four separate turbine blades were created in SolidWorks based on the parameters displayed in Table 1. Table 1: Blade design specifications The chord length to achieve the desired solidity was determined using …
Mini VAWT Optimization Proposal
GOAL The goal of this project is to utilize additive manufacturing to adjust a series of parameters of scaled down vertical axis wind turbines’ blades, in order to identify an optimal design. WHY Although, horizontal …