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Concentric Contra-Rotating Dual Shaft Vertical Axis Wind Turbine, Emily Walz, Marcellin Zahui, Andrew Shires, Carl Gilkeson Dec 2018

Concentric Contra-Rotating Dual Shaft Vertical Axis Wind Turbine, Emily Walz, Marcellin Zahui, Andrew Shires, Carl Gilkeson

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A typical vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) consists of two or more airfoils all attached to a single central axis. The wind turbine style most commonly found in renewable energy is the horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) that have a high energy production efficiency in exchange for requiring large amounts of land and air space. Alternatively, a VAWT can function in low speeds and in smaller less typical locations. As a result, novel VAWT designs are researched to improve their energy efficiency. An example of a novel VAWT is the concentric counter-rotating VAWT investigated theoretically using the 2D computational fluid …


Influence Of Stress Triaxiality On Fracture Ductility For Stereo Lithography, Anjali Sandip, Ravi Kiran Yellavajjala Jul 2018

Influence Of Stress Triaxiality On Fracture Ductility For Stereo Lithography, Anjali Sandip, Ravi Kiran Yellavajjala

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Stress triaxiality is one of the most important factors that controls fracture ductility. The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of stress triaxiality on fracture ductility for specimens’ printed using stereolithography (SL). Dog bone shape specimens were printed using Formlabs® Form 2 Desktop SLA 3D printer. The specimens were built layer by layer with the help of this 3D printer. Each layer of liquid photopolymer is solidified through a computer-controlled ultraviolet (UV) light source with a laser spot size of 140 𝜇m. A photopolymer resin supplied by the manufacturer which comprised of a proprietary mix of Methacrylated …