The goal of this project is to apply the mechanics analysis knowledge to: (1) design a wind turbine house to hold the electrical generator (no analysis is
needed as long as it fits with our generator), (2) analyze and design a wind tower to support the assembled wind turbine (with electrical generator and house)
that you have designed in project #3.
Design specifications: You are expected to focus on the design of a tubular pipe as the support for the wind turbine that you have designed in project #3.
Your turbine tower height should be 1 meter, a 1:100 scale model of a real 100-meter tall wind turbine tower. Instead of steel, you will also use the
properties of the 3D printer material Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), which has the yield strength of 30 MPa and Young Modulus is 2 GPa.
- Design the pipe support with appropriate cross-section for this application. The wind turbine tower in normal operation will experience the average wind
speed of 20 m/s (for fatigue analysis). This is the wind speed for the testing of your design in the lab as if the campus were not closed, no scaling is
needed.
- Meanwhile, the tower should also withstand severe weather of category 4 hurricane with speed up to 80 m/s blowing from any direction (static analysis). You
should consider the maximum wind loading onto the turbine blade from any direction, and the resulting torsion on the wind tower. This is the real wind speed
for testing of your design, no scaling is needed. This is the wind speed for the testing of your design in the lab as if the campus were not closed, no
scaling is needed.
- Assemble your wind turbine, house and tower in SolidWorks. Submit only one assembly per group (choose the best wind turbine design within your group) to
submit in the final report.
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