Each gas molecule has its own molecular weight, while such a microscopic characteristic is generally inaccessible, and thus, it is measured indirectly through e.g. ionization in conventional mass analysis. Here, we present a novel approach to the direct measurement of molecular weight through a nanoarchitectonic combination of aerodynamics, thermodynamics, and mechanics, transducing microscopic...

In this paper we review several computational aerodynamics tools which we are using to examine and understand flapping flight. The computational methods incorporate different levels of geometric and physical modeling fidelity, ranging from simplified models which determine optimal wake vorticity distributions (eg. Hall et al.) to accurate descriptions of the flow physics. By exploiting multiple...

The standard region 2 control scheme for a variable speed wind turbine, τc = kω, has several shortcomings that can result in significant power loss. The first of these is that there is no accurate way to determine the gain k; modeling programs are not accurate enough to represent all of the complex aerodynamics, and these aerodynamics change over time. Furthermore, it is not certain whether the...

The main objective in this paper is creating a method for one-dimensional modeling of multi stage axial flow turbine. The calculation used in this technique is based on common thermodynamics and aerodynamics principles in a mean stream line analyses. In this approach, loss models have to be used to determine the entropy increase across each section in the turbine stage. Finally, the analysis an...