Project 1: Renewable Technology Challenge
Prior to the project, research was completed on wind turbines to get a grasp of their functionality, purpose, and the way they work.
Project 1 began with the planning phase where we had organized a set of functions, objectives and constraints for each wind turbine scenario using objective tree diagrams.
We had concluded our final tree diagram in accordance to the scenario we had been given.
Scenario 4: A pioneer in clean energy
Design a clean wind turbine to generate large amounts of power
Objective tree of turbine blade:
Concluded problem statement:
Design an efficient blade that can produce a substantial amount of electricity in a clean and sustainable way while withstanding heavy winds, while serving as a reliable means of energy for multiple cities in Sweden.
We finally listed our top three objectives for this scenario.
Material selection process:
We first listed our primary and secondary objective and calculated the MPIs for both stiffness and strength, resulting in 4 different MPI calculations