1. Applying AE Concepts to Alternative Applications
Beyond Aircraft
Applying AE Concepts to
Alternative Applications

2. Alternative Applications of Aerospace Engineering Concepts
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Alternative Applications of Aerospace Engineering Concepts
Fluid movement harnessed for many applications
Wind power
Cooling
Automobile profile
Water turbine
Others

3. Spinoff Technologies from NASA
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Spinoff Technologies from NASA
Fabrics
Stadium roofs
Teflon
GORE-TEX
Life rafts
New medicines grown in micro gravity
More examples can be found at

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

5. Wind Power Wind harnessed since 5000 BCE
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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.

6. Harnessing Wind Power First criteria is to have wind Presentation Name
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Harnessing Wind Power
First criteria is to have wind
This map represents wind power potential throughout the US.

7. Wind Turbines How does a wind turbine work? Presentation Name
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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 (

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

9. Blade as an Airfoil Airfoil blades are aerodynamic shapes
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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 More information is available at

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

11. References
Department of Energy. (2010). Wind. Retrieved from Department of Energy. (2010). Wind energy resource atlas of the United States. Retrieved from NASA. (2010). Spinoff technologies. Retrieved from NASA. (2000). Wind turbine – Wind tunnel tests. Retrieved from

12. References
Wikipedia. (2010). Windmill. Retrieved from