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Aerodynamics & Hydrodynamics Project Ideas
Science Buddies — You've probably often seen planes flying and boats in the water, but have you really thought about what's involved in their operation? There is a lot of interesting science that goes into how they work. Here are a few of the topics covered in the ...More…
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A Change in the Winds: Studying Bernoulli's Principle
Science Buddies — Fluid Pressure Science Fair Project: Investigate how fluid pressure changes when fluid flow is changed. Have you ever wondered how airplanes are able to take off into the air and fly? Or why race cars have airfoils on their back sections? Both ...More…
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Making It Shipshape: Hull Design and Hydrodynamics
Science Buddies — The goal of this project is to investigate how the shape of a boat hull affects the drag force on the boat as it moves through the water. Have you ever been to a busy marina and looked at the shapes of the different types of boats moored there? ...More…
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Building the Wind Turbine Assembly
Science Buddies — Aerodynamics Science Fair Project: Investigate which wind turbine rotor blade design is the most aerodynamic and therefore, produces the most energy. Nowadays, the need for reliable sources of energy has a lot of people talking about What is it ...More…
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Testing the Submarine's Buoyancy
Science Buddies — Hydrodynamics Science Project: Investigate how submarines dive and surface by changing their buoyancy in the water. In this project you will investigate how submarines dive and surface by changing their buoyancy in the water. In this project, you ...More…
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Testing the Submarine's Fin
Science Buddies — In this science fair project, investigate how submarines use propellers and stabilizing fins to move forward. In this science project, you will investigate how submarines use propellers and stabilizing fins to move forward. Submarines control ...More…
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Building the Bottle Boat and Performing the Initial Test
Science Buddies — Hydrostatics Science Fair Project: Investigate what kind of bilge keel is best for stopping a sea ship's rolling motion, and therefore best for its hydrostatic stability. Ocean waves have a big impact on ships, even very large ships. Waves can ...More…
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Winglets in Wind Tunnels
Science Buddies — Experience building airfoils, access to a wind tunnel for testing. The goal of this project is to measure the changes in airfoil performance when winglets are added to the airfoil. The airflow around winglets is complex. Your wind tunnel should ...More…
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Aerodynamics and Bridge Design*
Science Buddies — Do background research on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse. Here are some references to get you started: What lessons were learned about the potentially damaging effects of wind on bridges? What structures stabilize a bridge against wind ...More…
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Efficient Propeller Design
Science Buddies — Previous experience with aerodynamic design (e.g., model airplanes, gliders) is suggested. The goal of this project is to investigate how changes in chord length affect the efficiency of propellers. A propeller, like an airplane wing, is an ...More…
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Wind Turbine Efficiency*
Science Buddies — Try different wind turbine/propeller (chord length, pitch) designs by making models from balsa wood. Connect the spinning axle to a DC motor and measure the voltage produced across a resistor to measure power output. Use fan as wind source. ...More…
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Showing the Airflow in a Wind Tunnel*
Science Buddies — A technique often used in wind tunnels is to introduce smoke in front of the airfoil that is being tested. The smoke comes from regularly-spaced point sources, and the wind flow in the tunnel spreads it out into parallel lines, called ...More…