Measure river’s flow is important for hydrological study about viability of hydropower plant installation. And to understand the behavior of water resource.
Category: Mechanics
Big run-of-river hydropower plants
In this post is shown the operation of big run-of-river hydropower plants. Dismissing necessity of a big reservoir.
The current state of flying car
Who never wanted a personal air transport to avoid traffic jam? The flying car also can be called eVTOL (electrical Vertical Taking-off and Landing).
Tidal power generation
This post’s subject is another way to generate energy from seas and oceans. It is the tidal power generation.
What are MEMS?
MEMS are abbreviation of Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems, are miniaturized electromechanical machines. An introduction to MEMS and some of its applications are today’s subject.
How tectonic plates move?
In this post is explained what are and how the tectonic plates move. Also are shown the types of movement.
Gorlov turbines
In this post is explained the operation and applications of Gorlov turbine. It is a modification of Darrieus turbine and used in wind and hydroelectric energies.
Introduction to aerodynamics
I received some questions about aerodynamics. In this post I will give an introduction to this physics branch and answer the questions.
Darrieus turbines
Darrieus turbines can be used in wind and hydropower generators. The operation of this type of turbine is the post’s subject.
News: Images of supersonic waves for the first time
NASA photographed images of supersonic waves created by supersonic aircrafts T-38 Talon.