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Study Of Experimentally Blended Wings, Ray Roos 2894888
Study Of Experimentally Blended Wings, Ray Roos 2894888
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
This aim of this senior design project is to investigate the combination of a Selig 1223 and FX 74-CL5-140 into one profile to increase lift without significantly increasing drag. Our project began with researching current solutions for high lift and low drag airfoils. We found two airfoils which would be the target of our research, a Selig 1223 and the FX 74-CL5-140. After learning about the Cl and Cd of the current airfoils we built and physically tested the airfoils using additive manufacturing. A pressure differential tunnel was used to validate the airfoils. After researching how to blend two airfoil …
Lehmier Launch System, Dylan Lehmier 5248813
Lehmier Launch System, Dylan Lehmier 5248813
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
The Lehmier Launch System was designed to propel a 120lb rocket 30,000 feet. Creating 2150 psi of thrust and 27,500 N-s of total impulse, it is the largest rocket motor ever used by the Akronauts Rocket Design Team.
The Experimental Determination Of The Moment Of Inertia Of A Model Airplane, Michael Koken
The Experimental Determination Of The Moment Of Inertia Of A Model Airplane, Michael Koken
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
The objective of this project is to suggest that the moment of inertia for irregular shaped objects can easily be determined experimentally. The objects considered in this experiment were a solid wooden block and a model airplane. To ensure that the method and configuration is sufficient a wooden block with known moments of inertia was first tested, and the results from the experiment were compared to the known and accepted values. For this particular experiment, the periods were determined by timing how long 10 oscillations lasted for 10 different trials, and then taking the average of those 10 trials to …
Indoor Mapping Drone, Benjamin J. Plevny, Andrew Armstrong, Miguel Lopez, Davidson Okpara
Indoor Mapping Drone, Benjamin J. Plevny, Andrew Armstrong, Miguel Lopez, Davidson Okpara
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
This project addresses the need for an autonomous indoor mapping system that will create a 3D map of an unknown physical environment in real time. The aerial system moves and avoids obstacles autonomously, without the need for human remote control or observation. An aerial system produces a map of an unknown indoor environment by transmitting data received from the aerial device’s sensors. The transmission occurs over a wireless channel from the aerial device to a remote server for processing and storage of the data. As the transmission is done in real time, the aerial system does not require hardware for …
Design And Construction Of An Optimum Method To Present Uncertainty Of Convective Weather Forecasts To Air Traffic Personnel, Anna K. Selchow, Austin Wright
Design And Construction Of An Optimum Method To Present Uncertainty Of Convective Weather Forecasts To Air Traffic Personnel, Anna K. Selchow, Austin Wright
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
The purpose of this design project was to develop a new weather display for air traffic controllers to utilize that shows the probabilistic hazard information for convective weather forecasts. Multiple iterations of maps were generated and evaluated for overall effectiveness in conveying uncertainty information for convective weather observations and forecasts with the final maps being tested through interviews with retired air traffic personnel. The goal of these maps was to improve upon current convective weather displays to more accurately show uncertainty and probabilistic hazard information to aid the air traffic controllers (ATCs) in providing guidance for aircraft pilots.