Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project

Updates on the Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) project from the Glasgow Caledonian University team.

[Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project @AxisWind]

Amazing designs! we are so pleased that you managed all the steps to make your own paper wind turbines, WELL DONE! :D @BredilandSchool @BargarranPS @DRigmand @pme269 @GCUEngagement @Cochrane_Castle

[Bargarran Primary @BargarranPS]

How many people out there know what VAWT stands for? P5 can tell you. Well done to everyone for working through this intricate design from @AxisWind students at GCU. @BredilandSchool @STEM_Ren @STEMscotland

[Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project @AxisWind]

Instructions to make your own Lifting Aerofoil!
https://t.co/OItni5DaSX

[Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project @AxisWind]

We have set up another demonstration for you to try involving an aerofoil. This uses all three of the theories that have you learned in previous experiments. The instructions are linked below to try it yourself!
@BredilandSchool @BargarranPS @Cochrane_Castle @DRigmand @pme269

[Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project @AxisWind]

We have come a long way since our initial week with you @BredilandSchool @BargarranPS @Cochrane_Castle . Here is the final presentation that we had with you on Friday that you can refer back to. @pme269 @DRigmand @GCUEngagement
https://t.co/SHGN8dvrZV

[Patricia Muñoz-Escalona @pme269]

Thanks to all my students @Anastasia_STEM @Matt_WindBlades @SarahMc_STEM @AmyMcEng @AxisWind who presented this week their final projects to @BredilandSchool @StJamesPSR @lps_stem @BushesPrimary . Amazing job from all of them. @DRigmand @JocoxSTEM @GCU_SEBE #STEM #STEAM

[Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project @AxisWind]

@BredilandSchool @BargarranPS @Cochrane_Castle @DRigmand @pme269 @GCUEngagement

[Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project @AxisWind]

Excellent research students! We have had some great weather recently with little wind but that's exactly one of the conditions we want to consider. We are really impressed with the effort you put into your wind vane designs!

[Bargarran Primary @BargarranPS]

P5 have been busy creating and experimenting with their own weather vanes. They were successful in working out the wind direction. @BredilandSchool @AxisWind @STEMscotland

[Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project @AxisWind]

We need you! @BredilandSchool @BargarranPS @Cochrane_Castle to make your own wind vane and find out the wind behavior in your area. Instructions on how to build the wind vane and do the experiment are linked below!
@pme269 @GCUEngagement @DRigmand

https://t.co/hw0GXwWeua

[Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project @AxisWind]

Update: instructions to make your own paper VAWT have become available as they were 'restricted' before. apologies for the technical difficulties.
@BredilandSchool @BargarranPS @DRigmand @pme269 @GCUEngagement @Cochrane_Castle

[Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project @AxisWind]

By applying what we know from the fluid dynamic experiments we have made a vertical axis wind turbine out of paper! why not give it a try.
@BredilandSchool @BargarranPS @DRigmand @pme269 @GCUEngagement

[Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project @AxisWind]

Here's instructions on how to make your own vertical axis wind turbine out of paper!
https://t.co/L0Ua4ESU1t

[Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project @AxisWind]

@BargarranPS @GCUEngagement @BredilandSchool @Cochrane_Castle @BredilandSchool @BargarranPS @DRigmand @pme269 @GCUEngagement @Cochrane_Castle

[Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project @AxisWind]

@BargarranPS @GCUEngagement @BredilandSchool Excellent Quinn! Engineers understand that Bernoulli's Principle is something that can be used to generate lift and is one of the forces that will turn the wind turbine! Bernoulli's principle has a key role in allowing aeroplane's to fly and can even lift boats out of the water!

[Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project @AxisWind]

@BredilandSchool @BargarranPS @DRigmand @pme269 @GCUEngagement @Cochrane_Castle

[Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project @AxisWind]

Really impressed by those who have attempted some of the experiments and writing down the results. The only difference between fun an science is writing down the outcome! Well done those who have participated so far we love the photos! 🧑‍🔬🙌

[CochraneCastlePS @Cochrane_Castle]

P6 STEM Challenge.: P6 are taking part in a STEM challenge with students from Glasgow University. As we are not in school to continue with our challenge, the University students set us some experiments to try at home. Thank you very much to those… https://t.co/rYgpreC9nb

[Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project @AxisWind]

@BredilandSchool @pme269 @royalsociety @STEMedscot we are really impressed that she understood that the faster flowing air created an area of low pressure in between the balloons! 🥇👏

[Bargarran Primary @BargarranPS]

Thanks to Quinn in P5 for demonstrating "Bernoulli's Principle" of air pressure as part of our #STEM project with @GCUEngagement and @BredilandSchool @AxisWind

[Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project @AxisWind]

We have made a 5 minute presentation to explain how the fluid dynamic effects from the experiments will influence the vertical axis wind turbine's performance.
@BredilandSchool @BargarranPS @DRigmand @pme269 @GCUEngagement
https://t.co/LFtXWupwog

[Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project @AxisWind]

@BredilandSchool @BargarranPS @DRigmand @pme269 @GCUEngagement

[Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project @AxisWind]

Newtons third law tells us that 'for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction'. We can demonstrate this by a simple experiment where we release air from a balloon in a controlled direction.

[Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project @AxisWind]

@BredilandSchool @BargarranPS @DRigmand @pme269 @GCUEngagement

[Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project @AxisWind]

The Coanda effect is the behavior that fluid (air) has when flowing around an object. It tells us that airflow around an object will follow its shape instead of being deflected in random directions which we may initially think. Try the experiment to discover the exciting result!