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Use of FDM in an undergraduate student project : design, build and test a model wind turbine. / Widden, Martin; Gunn, Kester; Rennie, Allan.
3rd International Conference on Additive Technologies (iCAT 2010); DAAAM Specialized Conference. DAAAM International, 2010.Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Use of FDM in an undergraduate student project
T2 - design, build and test a model wind turbine
AU - Widden, Martin
AU - Gunn, Kester
AU - Rennie, Allan
PY - 2010/9
Y1 - 2010/9
N2 - Most undergraduate practicals at Lancaster University, UK, take the form of short projects. These give students the opportunity to make design decisions, to observe directly the consequences of these decisions, and to compare the performance of the item with the original design specification. Students are motivated more strongly by these projects than they are by standard labs where they only have to take measurements. Using ALM techniques provides an opportunity to extend the scope of these projects. This paper describes one such project: to design, build and test a model wind turbine. Use of fused-deposition modelling (FDM) has much improved the accuracy and performance of the turbine blades that students can produce, and has increased the educational value of the project.
AB - Most undergraduate practicals at Lancaster University, UK, take the form of short projects. These give students the opportunity to make design decisions, to observe directly the consequences of these decisions, and to compare the performance of the item with the original design specification. Students are motivated more strongly by these projects than they are by standard labs where they only have to take measurements. Using ALM techniques provides an opportunity to extend the scope of these projects. This paper describes one such project: to design, build and test a model wind turbine. Use of fused-deposition modelling (FDM) has much improved the accuracy and performance of the turbine blades that students can produce, and has increased the educational value of the project.
KW - Engineering Education
KW - FDM
KW - Aerofoil
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 978-3-901509-75-9
BT - 3rd International Conference on Additive Technologies (iCAT 2010); DAAAM Specialized Conference
PB - DAAAM International
ER -