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Variable-pitch propeller (aeronautics)
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Data from: Optimal blade pitch control for enhanced vertical-axis wind turbine performance
Karen Ann J Mulleners, Sébastien Le Fouest
This directory contains open-source data obtained using a single-bladed H-type vertical-axis wind turbine prototype with individual blade pitching. This data results from the optimisation of the blade's pitching kinematics using a genetic algorithm at two ...
Zenodo2024Optimal blade pitch control for enhanced vertical-axis wind turbine performance
Karen Ann J Mulleners, Sébastien Le Fouest
Vertical-axis wind turbines are great candidates to enable wind power extraction in urban and off-shore applications. Currently, concerns around turbine efficiency and structural integrity limit their industrial deployment. Flow control can mitigate these ...
2024DTT toroidal field conductor samples test in Sultan: DC and AC characterization
The superconducting magnet system of the Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT) facility, composed of 18 toroidal field (TF) coils, 6 poloidal field coils and a central solenoid, has been designed and many procurements have been launched. Some manufacturing aspects a ...
Iop Publishing Ltd2024Optimal blade pitch control for enhanced vertical-axis wind turbine performance
Karen Ann J Mulleners, Sébastien Le Fouest
Vertical-axis wind turbines are great candidates to enable wind power extraction in urban and off-shore applications. Currently, concerns around turbine efficiency and structural integrity limit their industrial deployment. Flow control can mitigate these ...
2023Sharp turning maneuvers with avian-inspired wing and tail morphing
Dario Floreano, Valentin Wüest, Enrico Ajanic, Mir Alikhan Bin Mohammad Feroskhan
Flight in dense environments, such as forests and cities requires drones to perform sharp turns. Although fixed-wing drones are aerodynamically and energetically more efficient than multicopters, they require a comparatively larger area to turn and thus ar ...
2022Conceptual study for velocity space resolved thermal ion loss detection in tokamaks
A new concept for velocity space thermal ion loss detection is presented. This diagnostic provides pitch angle resolved measurements that are unfeasible with current diagnostics. It uses the same detection principle as the Fast-Ion Loss Detector with a sci ...
2022A Morphing Cargo Drone for Safe Flight in Proximity of Humans
Dario Floreano, Przemyslaw Mariusz Kornatowski, William John Stewart, Mir Alikhan Bin Mohammad Feroskhan
Delivery drones used by logistics companies today are equipped with unshielded propellers, which represent a major hurdle for in-hand parcel delivery. The exposed propeller blades are hazardous to unsuspecting bystanders, pets, and untrained users. One sol ...
2020Propulsion and energetics of a minimal magnetic microswimmer
In this manuscript we describe the realization of a minimal hybrid microswimmer, composed of a ferromagnetic nanorod and a paramagnetic microsphere. The unbounded pair is propelled in water upon application of a swinging magnetic field that induces a perio ...
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2020An origami-inspired cargo drone
Dario Floreano, Stefano Mintchev, Przemyslaw Mariusz Kornatowski
Multicopters stand to revolutionize parcel delivery because of their capability to operate in areas with unsuitable road infrastructure and precisely maneuver in cluttered environments. However, current multicopters for delivery can be dangerous for people ...
2017Wind Turbine Wake Mitigation through Blade Pitch Offset
Fernando Porté Agel, Deepu Dilip
The reduction in power output associated with complex turbine-wake interactions in wind farms necessitates the development of effective wake mitigation strategies. One approach to this end entails the downregulation of individual turbines from its maximum ...
2017