Longbow Wind Turbine

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• Longbow Wind Turbine
• Aaron Barr, Enoch Dames, Kai Zuehlke
• Advisor Dr. Ishwar Puri
• Goal To Improve the design of a 900W
  upward-furling wind turbine. The existing Lakota,
  manufactured by Aeromax Corporation, features
  external furling springs and an electrical
  conduit that are prone to weathering. The
  enlarged Longbow design will incorporate these
  functions within a protective housing and allow
  room for additional components.

• Design Overview
• Design an internal torsion-spring furling system
• Redesign upper and lower housings
• Fluids and mechanics analysis of turbine during
  furling
• Structural and thermal FEA of housing designs
• Internalize wiring
• Improve serviceability
• Add a composite dome to enclose new circuitry
• Retain time-tested Lakota components
• Install a Lakota turbine for additional testing
  of existing design