Resource Sites for the KidWind Teams
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- Voltage, Current, Resistance, and Ohm's Law*
- Wind Turbine Design
- Betz's Law
- Wikipedia - Wind Turbine Design
- Animated Guide on How wind Turbines Work
- Science Fair Project Logbook
- Science Fair Notebook Example
Video
Video
- Brief Intro to Current, Voltage, and Power*
- How Do Wind Turbines Work
- Can You 3D Print a Wind Turbine?
- MkII 4 Watt 3D Printable Wind Turbine
- Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
- The Tech That Could Fix One of Wind Power's Biggest Problems (Savonius VAWT)
- Why Do Wind Turbines Have Three Blades?
- 6-axis VAWT
- Invelox Turbine
- Ducted Wind Turbine Doubles Performance at Clarkson University*
- Micro Wind Turbines for Beginners
- Archimedes LIAM F1 Wind Turbine
- Homemade HAWT
- Homemade Wind Turbine
- Learning Engineering - Wind Turbine Design
- Physics of Wind Turbines*
- 10 Minute Crash Course on Wind Turbines
- Economics of Wind Energy - the costs of wind farms
- Jobs in the Wind Energy fields
- Aerodynamic Design - Sustainable Energy - TU Delft
- Aerodynamic Theory - Sustainable Energy - TU Delft
KidWind Web sites
- Teaching the world about wind: Windwise
- Building the Basic PVC Wind Turbine
- KidWind Building Tips
Types of Turbines
Blade Designs
- Wind Turbine Blade Design
- Wind Turbines in Iceland
- Introducing Harmony VAWT
- Wind Tamer Turbines
- Wind Turbine Blade Design - Schubel and Crossley
- Design of Naca63215 Airfoil for a Wind Turbine - Stalin
- Optimal Rotor Tip Speed Ratio - Ragheb
- Design Optimization of Wind Turbine Blade - Mali
- Design of Airfoils for Wind Turbine Blades - Rooij
- Review of Airfoil Structures for Wind Turbine Blades - Mamadaminov
Design Tools
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- Design and Testing of a Permanent MagnetAxial Flux Wind Power Generator
- Direct Drive Wind Turbine Permanent Magnet Generator - Axial Flux Interior Permanent Magnet Topology (AFIPM) - Salsburg
- Design, modeling and simulation of variable speed Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Wind Generator
- Low RPM Generator Designs
- Axial Flux vs Radial Flux
- 3D Printed Axial Flux 3-Phase Generator
- Radial low-RPM Halbach array PM Generator with serpentine coils
- Hallbach Array (wikipedia)
- Homemade Axial Flux Generator (serpentine coils)
- Part 1. Integrated Axial Flux Alternator for the Batteryless Electric Bike
- Part 2. Axial Flux Alternator Phasing and Winding Methods
- Part 3. Axial Flux Alternator Stator Assembly and application options
- Part 4 Rotor Options for the Axial Flux Alternator
- Design of High Performance Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Wind Generators
- http://www.free-energy-info.com
- Fundamentals of Halbach Arrays
- Design and Optimization of a Radial Flux Direct-drive PM Generator using Ant Colony Algorithm
- Permanent magnet generator design ideas