Creating the Wind Energy for Operating the 3-C-Section Blades Wind Car

Abstract:

The purpose of this work is to determine the drag characteristics and the torque of three C-section blades wind car. Three C-section blades are directly connected to wheels by using of various kinds of links. Gears are used to convert the wind energy to mechanical energy to overcome the load exercised on the main shaft under low speed. Previous work on three vertical blades wind car resulted in discrepancies when compared to this work. Investigating these differences was the motivation for this series of work. The calculated values were compared to the data of three vertical blades wind car. The work was conducted in a low wind speed. The drag force acting on each model was calculated with an airflow velocity of 4 m/s and angular velocity of the blade of 13.056 rad/s.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 622-623)
• Pages: 1188-1193
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.622-623.1188
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Hüseyin Çamur, Youssef Kassem
• Keywords: Airfoils, C-Section Blade, Drag, Torque

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