{"id":13,"date":"2019-09-25T20:18:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T20:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpdev.acsu.buffalo.edu\/esdrg\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2023-03-27T19:03:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T19:03:49","slug":"adaptive-aerodynamic-structures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/esdrg\/research\/technical-approach\/adaptive-aerodynamic-structures\/","title":{"rendered":"Adaptive Aerodynamic Structures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/esdrg\/research\/technical-approach\/adaptive-aerodynamic-structures\/examining-aerodynamic-efficiency-with-blade-element-momentum-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Examining Aerodynamic Efficiency with Blade Element Momentum Theory<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/esdrg\/research\/technical-approach\/adaptive-aerodynamic-structures\/computational-fluid-dynamics-and-the-fluid-structure-interaction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Computational Fluid Dynamics and the Fluid-Structure Interaction<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/esdrg\/research\/technical-approach\/adaptive-aerodynamic-structures\/ub-wind-tunnel-for-experimental-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Experimental Wind Tunnel Testing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Innovative blade designs with adaptive features are a proposed solution for wind energy. The <strong>ESDRG<\/strong> has explored the aerodynamic response of an out-of-plane transformation. This adaptive technique varies the Twist Angle Distribution (TAD), and thus, local angle of attack along the length of the blade. This innovation is being developed into a working blade design. A patent is pending for the design and control aspect of this work. I am collaborating on this project with a startup company, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/atrevidascience.com\" target=\"_blank\">Atrevida Science Inc<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/n4VMOTo7PDU\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Hardware<\/strong> <strong>Proof of Concept<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/esdrg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2022\/01\/dt-platform-for-control-1024x522.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/esdrg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2022\/01\/dt-platform-for-control-1024x522.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/esdrg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2022\/01\/dt-platform-for-control-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/esdrg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2022\/01\/dt-platform-for-control-768x392.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/esdrg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2022\/01\/dt-platform-for-control.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Software Proof of Concept<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Examining Aerodynamic Efficiency with Blade Element Momentum Theory Computational Fluid Dynamics and the Fluid-Structure Interaction Experimental Wind Tunnel Testing Innovative blade designs with adaptive features are a proposed solution for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/esdrg\/research\/technical-approach\/adaptive-aerodynamic-structures\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Adaptive Aerodynamic Structures&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":0,"parent":965,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/esdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/esdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/esdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/esdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/esdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/esdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1618,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/esdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/1618"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/esdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/esdrg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}