User:Jbryant6702/Project 1

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Wind Turbine
Wind Turbine.

Problem Statement
''Our group is to complete finish a wind turbine that a previous group worked on in the last semester. The turbine is already completed so we will design funnel that will increase the power level of the turbine. We will first sketch the funnel and then create it in CAD so that we can use a 3D printer to print it. Then we will test them and see which one will increase the power level the most.''

Project Plan
''The first week is all about research. We will research different designs that can be implied to our project. Also, we need to research the different tools that we will be using. The second week is about the design. We will need to come up with different designs that can help improve the wind turbine. After that, we need to build them and add them onto the turbine. Once that is completed then we can run our tests to see which design will improve the power level the most.''

Week 1 Narrative
''This week was all about research for us. I specifically researched the different shrouds designs that we can use to apply onto the wind turbine. After the research I found that designing the shroud that attached to the wind turbine like a gun barrel will generate the most power. Having grooves that circulate around the shroud will have the wind push through faster which will generate more power.''



'' This gun barrel has the grooves at the beginning of the barrel to help with the trajectory of the bullet. This will increase the speed and help make the bullet be more direct. This concept will help with the wind and help it be more direct.''

Week 2 Narrative
This week was more research. We had several problems with the actual wind turbine that we had to fix. One of them being the durability of the turbine. Part of the plexiglass cracked and we had to stabilize it before more damage would come. To do this we created two different posts that ran up the back of the turbine. After that, we made the base sturdier by attaching a piece of wood to it. Another problem we came across was the wiring and the program. No matter how many different times we tried to produce an accurate reading for volts, it wouldn't work. Therefore, we are currently trying to fix it which will lead into the next week.

Week 3 Narrative
This week was tricky. We still had the complications of fixing the wiring and the program so that we will have accurate readings for our wind turbine. However, we could not delay. I used autodesk inventor to draw up a basic design for our wind shroud. It has a base big enough to attach to the base of the turbine and it is also big enough to attract the most amount of wind. The different designs implemented onto the inside of the shroud will also increase the amount of wind flow. Another problem I had to deal with was the head of the shroud still was too loose. We couldn't take the risk of breaking it this far into the project. We attached another piece of wood that stretched from the base of the turbine all the way to the base of the wind lens. This increased the durability and stability so that the turbine is sure to withstand any amount of force that the wind gives it.

Week 4 Narrative
This is the final week. I spent most of the time touching up the designs of the wind shroud so that we can print them. However, we ran into some problems when we found out that the school's 3D printer broke over night. I decided that I would travel to my high school and use their printer since I took every engineering class that the school had to offer. The teachers in the tech ed department were glad to help me. However, when we tried to print out the design we realized that their printer wasn't big enough to print a full scale model of our design. So we decreased the ratio so that it would print and we hoped for the best. There wasn't enough time to receive all the deigns since we were in a time crunch, but we did get one of them. The shroud was too small to even test accurate readings with our wind turbine. We ungratefully failed our task. Time was a huge constraint but I feel like if we managed our time better and then we could of had some significantly better results to our project.