enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: suggest material for sails and wind power

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Sail - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail

    A sail is a tensile structure, which is made from fabric or other membrane materials, that uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including sailing ships, sailboats, windsurfers, ice boats, and even sail-powered land vehicles. Sails may be made from a combination of woven materials—including canvas or polyester cloth, laminated membranes or ...

  3. Windmill sail - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windmill_sail

    Spring sails were invented by Scottish millwright Andrew Meikle in 1772. The sail is divided into a number of bays, each having a number of shutters. All the shutters are joined together by a shutter bar, and the force required for the wind to open the shutters is adjusted by a separate spring on each sail. Although automatic in operation, the ...

  4. Forces on sails - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forces_on_sails

    The apparent wind on the sail creates a total aerodynamic force, which may be resolved into drag—the force component in the direction of the apparent wind—and lift—the force component normal (90°) to the apparent wind. Depending on the alignment of the sail with the apparent wind, lift or drag may be the predominant propulsive component.

  5. Marine propulsion - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_propulsion

    The purpose of sails is to use wind energy to propel the vessel, sled, board, vehicle or rotor. Depending on the angle of your sail it will be the difference in direction of where your boat is heading and where the wind is going. [31] Dacron was used a lot as a material for sails because of its strong, durable, and easy to maintain.

  6. Sailing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing

    Sailing relies on the physics of sails as they derive power from the wind, generating both lift and drag. On a given course, the sails are set to an angle that optimizes the development of wind power, as determined by the apparent wind, which is the wind as sensed from a moving vessel.

  7. Windmill - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windmill

    The windmills at Kinderdijk in the village of Kinderdijk, Netherlands is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, by tradition specifically to mill grain (), but in some parts of the English-speaking world, the term has also been extended to encompass windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications.

  8. Turbosail - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbosail

    According to the Cousteau Society, "when compared to the thrust coefficient of the best sails ever built (Marconi or square types, i.e. ships of the American Cup [sic] or the Japanese wind propulsion system) that of the turbosail is 3.5 to 4 times superior and gives the system a unique advantage for the economical propulsion of ships."

  9. Windmill ship - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windmill_ship

    A windmill ship, wind energy conversion system ship or wind energy harvester ship propels itself by use of a wind turbine to drive a propeller. They use wind power [1] through a mechanical or electrical transmission to the propeller. Where transmission is electric, storage batteries may also be used to allow power generated at one time to be ...

  1. Ads

    related to: suggest material for sails and wind power