Design Project 1: Mechanical design of turbine blades in renewable wind technology
Each team will be focusing on designing a turbine blade component inside a wind turbine, by considering its mechanical properties and performance.
Each team will also explore the design of this turbine blade through the three levels of the Engineering Design Process in one of the four assigned scenarios; our group is doing the scenario of a roof generator wind turbine.
Working in a team of 4 students, we will be required to:
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Identify the suitable objectives (using an objective tree) of the assigned design scenarios in terms of mechanical performance
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Using ANSYS-Granta EduPack, identify suitable material(s) and/or alloys for manufacturing the turbine blade
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Using Autodesk-Inventor, design a solid model with dimensions (i.e. airfoil thickness) that will satisfy the design requirements for this turbine blade
4. Justify how our final design meets the needs of the application with suitable technical objectives