Applying AE Concepts to Alternative Application Beyond Aircraft Applying AE Concepts to Alternative Application Aerospace Engineering © 2011 Project Lead The Way, Inc.

Alternative Applications of Aerospace Engineering Concepts Presentation Name Course Name Unit # – Lesson #.# – Lesson Name Alternative Applications of Aerospace Engineering Concepts Fluid movement harnessed for many applications Wind power Cooling Automobile profile Water turbine Others

Spinoff Technologies from NASA Presentation Name Course Name Unit # – Lesson #.# – Lesson Name Spinoff Technologies from NASA Fabrics Stadium roofs Teflon GORE-TEX Life rafts New medicines grown in micro gravity More examples can be found at http://www.nasa.gov/offices/ipp/centers/jsc/spinoff/index.html

Spinoff Technologies from NASA Lifeshears Technology to shear bolts connecting rocket stages Propulsion Heart pump based on space shuttle electric pump

Wind Power Wind harnessed since 5000 BCE Presentation Name Course Name Unit # – Lesson #.# – Lesson Name Wind Power Wind harnessed since 5000 BCE Wind power faded in favor of steam power in 1930s Wind turbines as modern application Sketch is of a windmill from Heron of Alexandria during the 1st century CE. Wooden windmill image is from the Netherlands in the eighteenth century. Three-bladed windmill is a 750 kW NEG Micon Turbine in Moorhead, Minnesota. Modern application refers to post-1970s when wind-generated energy grew rapidly. Windmills use the power produced directly, while wind turbines produce electricity for later use.

Harnessing Wind Power First criteria is to have wind Presentation Name Course Name Unit # – Lesson #.# – Lesson Name Harnessing Wind Power First criteria is to have wind This map represents wind power potential throughout the US.

Wind Turbines How does a wind turbine work? Presentation Name Course Name Unit # – Lesson #.# – Lesson Name Wind Turbines How does a wind turbine work? Click on the image to play the video from the US Department of Energy video about windmills (http://vimeo.com/13759005).

Wind Turbine Parts Wind turbines are essentially the same regardless of their size Person

Blade as an Airfoil Airfoil blades are aerodynamic shapes Presentation Name Course Name Unit # – Lesson #.# – Lesson Name Blade as an Airfoil Airfoil blades are aerodynamic shapes Aerodynamic engineers design turbine blades The image is from a wind turbine test conducted at NASA Ames Research Center in April of 2000. More information is available at http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2000/00images/windpixhtml/windpix.html

Design a Wind Turbine You now have the opportunity to design a wind turbine

References Department of Energy. (2010). Wind. Retrieved from http://www.energy.gov/energysources/wind.htm Department of Energy. (2010). Wind energy resource atlas of the United States. Retrieved from http://rredc.nrel.gov/wind/pubs/atlas/maps/chap2/2-01m.html NASA. (2010). Spinoff technologies. Retrieved from http://www.nasa.gov/offices/ipp/centers/jsc/spinoff/index.html NASA. (2000). Wind turbine – Wind tunnel tests. Retrieved from http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2000/00images/windpixhtml/windpix.html

References Wikipedia. (2010). Windmill. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windmill