A new model accurately represents the airflow around rotors, even under extreme conditions. The first comprehensive model of rotor aerodynamics could improve the way turbine blades and wind farms ...

The University of Oxford needed to measure loads, thrust and torque on the turbine blades during the tests. Plus, the sensors would need specific dimensions and operate fully submerged in water. So, ...

The first turbine blade is called “DinoTails” and it is designed to resemble the back plates of a Stegosaurus. The design features increased blade surface area, which increases the lift and ...

A Penn State undergraduate student has significantly improved a century-old mathematical problem related to wind turbine design, potentially leading to more efficient and cost-effective wind ...

However, Glauert did not account for the total force and moment coefficients acting on the rotor—the spinning unit with attached blades—or how turbine blades bend under wind pressure.

Since a turbine engine generates force through rotation, you would expect simply spinning it the other way would create the reverse thrust a jet needs to slow down.

A young student has revamped a century-old math problem and unlocked a simple, yet elegant solution to optimize wind turbine flow conditions and enhance power output. Divya Tyagi, an aerospace ...

In December 2011, a wind turbine in Ardrossan, U.K., exploded during a storm, triggering claims that turbines can’t cope with extreme weather. Now, a report from Infinis, the operator of the ...

Jet turbine blades can’t tolerate the heat in the hot section of modern jet engines, so they shoot out bleed air that provides a tiny insulating layer between the hot erosive stream coming out ...

Aerojet Rocketdyne and the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) have achieved a new record thrust output from a scramjet engine, providing a boost for hypersonic flight. A year of ground ...