Browsing Mechanical Engineering by Subject "DESIGN"
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Experimental investigation, numerical modelling and multi-objective optimisation of composite wind turbine blades
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-05-24)Static load and modal testing of two blades from a 15 kW wind turbine is presented. The two blades are made from glass fibre-reinforced polypropylene, one of which has been reinforced with additional carbon fibre plies. ... -
An experimental study of a flow-accelerating hydrokinetic device
(SAGE Publications, 2018-05-01)Tidal energy researchers and developers use experimental testing of scaled devices as a method of evaluating device performance. Much of the focus to date has been on horizontal axis turbines. This study is focused on a ... -
Fatigue life of pitch- and stall-regulated composite tidal turbine blades
(Elsevier, 2018-02-28)Tidal turbine blades are subject to harsh loading and environmental conditions, including large thrust and torsional loadings, relative to wind turbine blades, due to the high density of seawater, among other factors. The ... -
High-resolution measurements of leakage flow inside the hinge of a large-scale bileaflet mechanical heart valve hinge model
(Springer, 2019-06-24)Purpose It is believed that non-physiological leakage flow through hinge gaps during diastole contributes to thrombus formation in Bileaflet Mechanical Heart Valves (BMHVs). Because of the small scale and difficulty of ...