Design, Fabrication, and Testing of Surface Undersea Kite Prototypes
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open in viewerIn this project, Surface Undersea Kite (SUSK) prototypes were designed, fabricated and tested. SUSK systems use a vertical wing and turbine beneath a streamlined hull that slaloms across a water current to enhance power output. The work extends previous WPI efforts by developing new hull, hydrofoil, vertical wing, rudder and support frame designs. A wireless servo-based control system and a winglet device were also added. The concurrent development of WPI's ODE-based SUSK simulation was aided by improving the characterization of the new hull cross-section shape for drag calculations. A 1/3 scale prototype achieved the desired slalom motions in the WPI swimming pool during initial tow tests. Components for a larger full-scale prototype were fabricated using an infinite axis 3D printer.
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- 119137
- E-project-032224-112433
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- 2024
- UN Sustainable Development Goals
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- 2024-03-22
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- E-project-032224-112433
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