Design of High-Deflection Foils MHK Applications - FEA models

Abstract

The Ocean Renewable Power Company's (ORPC's) goal is to design, develop, and test hydrofoils with large deflections. The effects of the deflections on cross-flow turbine performance would be evaluated in order to inform design considerations for full-scale water turbines and other marine hydrokinetic devices.

Finite element models - NASTRAN files
Model scale turbines tested in UNH tow tank
Model loads from CFD models