Tesla Turbine
11/19/2012 MARE 451 Senior Design Capstone Project 1 Fall 2012 |
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Brian Tiefenthaler
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Brian Tiefenthaler | MLP’s MARE 451 Sr. Design Tesla Turbine |
| MLP’s MARE 451 Sr. Design Tesla Turbine |
Table of Contents
Duties and responsibilities Page 3 Discussion of Tesla Turbine Page 4 Brian’s Responsibilities Page 7 Drag Force equations Page 7 Torque equations Page 9 Horsepower equations Page 10 Pump specifications Page 11 Pump equations Page 12 Bearing selections Page 15 Pro E Modeling Page 17 Tesla Turbine Results Page 25 End Remarks and Conclusion Page 28 Works Cited Page 29 Personal Notes Appendix A Table of Contents Caleb Fonner’s Personal Notes Appendix B Norman Hilliard’s Personal Notes Appendix C Jake Schirber’s Appendix D
MLP Tesla Turbine group member’s duties
Team MLP (Tesla turbine)
Caleb Fonner * Head of stress analysis * Head of materials analysis
Norman Hilliard * Head of fluid system analysis * Helped with stress analysis
Jake Schirber * Power * Helped with stress analysis
Brian Tiefenthaler * Pro E/CAD designer * Helped with fluid analysis * Helped with stress analysis *
Project Discussion The Tesla turbine for MARE 451 Senior Design Capstone Project 1 has been broken up into sections for analysis and design by individual members of the group. My responsibilities included; * Stresses on the shaft within the turbine * Help with fluid dynamics through the piping system leading up to the turbine * All Pro E drawings * Full analysis of the system as a whole.
A Tesla turbine is essentially a bladeless centripetal flow turbine. Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) designed and patented this device in 1913. Even though our design uses 15 “blades” it is considered a bladeless turbine because
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Brian Tiefenthaler
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Brian Tiefenthaler | MLP’s MARE 451 Sr. Design Tesla Turbine |
| MLP’s MARE 451 Sr. Design Tesla Turbine |
Table of Contents
Duties and responsibilities Page 3 Discussion of Tesla Turbine Page 4 Brian’s Responsibilities Page 7 Drag Force equations Page 7 Torque equations Page 9 Horsepower equations Page 10 Pump specifications Page 11 Pump equations Page 12 Bearing selections Page 15 Pro E Modeling Page 17 Tesla Turbine Results Page 25 End Remarks and Conclusion Page 28 Works Cited Page 29 Personal Notes Appendix A Table of Contents Caleb Fonner’s Personal Notes Appendix B Norman Hilliard’s Personal Notes Appendix C Jake Schirber’s Appendix D
MLP Tesla Turbine group member’s duties
Team MLP (Tesla turbine)
Caleb Fonner * Head of stress analysis * Head of materials analysis
Norman Hilliard * Head of fluid system analysis * Helped with stress analysis
Jake Schirber * Power * Helped with stress analysis
Brian Tiefenthaler * Pro E/CAD designer * Helped with fluid analysis * Helped with stress analysis *
Project Discussion The Tesla turbine for MARE 451 Senior Design Capstone Project 1 has been broken up into sections for analysis and design by individual members of the group. My responsibilities included; * Stresses on the shaft within the turbine * Help with fluid dynamics through the piping system leading up to the turbine * All Pro E drawings * Full analysis of the system as a whole.
A Tesla turbine is essentially a bladeless centripetal flow turbine. Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) designed and patented this device in 1913. Even though our design uses 15 “blades” it is considered a bladeless turbine because