Researchers in a new Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s-based lab are studying how animals move through water and air in the hopes of improving hydro- and aerodynamic design of industrial technologies, such as wind turbines.

The Optical Towing Tank for Energetics Research (OTTER) will be used to perform high-speed laser measurements of the flow around moving objects. These measurements can have industry applications in areas such as aerospace, defence and renewable technologies. No real animals are studied in the tank, but abstractions of them are created, such as a simplified wing geometry, to determine how animals who are natural swimmers and flyers move.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�The OTTER Lab will be used for a large range of aerodynamics and hydrodynamics research and helps put Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s ahead in terms of the development of future technology surrounding defence, alternative energy and aerospace systems,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says David Rival, OTTER lab supervisor and a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Since natural systems have evolved much more elegant ways to deal with unsteady flows, much effort goes into reverse engineering nature.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

In particular, researchers at the OTTER Lab have taken an interest in wind-energy modeling, and the optical towing tank will be a key tool in improving the efficiency of wind turbines in gusty environments. In such cases, scaled turbine models are towed through the water-filled tank and the high-speed laser is used to visualize the flow field with micron-sized seeding particles.

The OTTER is a glass tank holding approximately 15 tonnes of water. As models are towed through, their wakes are examined optically with four high-speed cameras. In this way, performance in terms of propulsive efficiency and maneuverability can be studied, providing insight into the form of natural swimmers and flyers found, such as birds and fish.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Unlike common wind tunnels used for aerodynamics research, the new optical towing tank at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s has a sealed roof, allowing for high-speed maneuvers of fully-submersed models,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Dr. Rival.. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Thanks to this, we카지노 게임 컬렉션�re able to measure details of the model wake and explain how shape and movement relate to performance, thus providing information for further design optimization.카지노 게임 컬렉션�