A Feasibility Study of Oscillating-Wing Power Generators

Abstract

Mankind is continually searching for new sources of energy or methods to harness known sources, Recently, renewable and zero-pollution energy supplies are of great interest, Consequently, power generation from a fluttering wing is studied numerically and experimentally Previous studies have suggested that an oscillating-wing used to extract energy from a fluid flow could deliver power comparable to windmills, Several studies are examined An oscillating-wing power generator is designed and tested, The experimental results are compared with numerical predictions, Finally, commercial applications of the "environmentally friendly" oscillating-wing generator are investigated,

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA407079

Entities

People

  • Keon Lindsey

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Flow
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Generators
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Incompressible Flow
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Steady Flow
  • United States Naval Academy
  • Viscous Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
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