Water Turbine

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This is a water turbine designed specifically for a flow rate of 1 m/s. It boasts a diameter of 40cm and spins at an impressive 120 RPM. You can access the Fusion360 design here: https://a360.co/2ODG4me. The output below is generated by my Fusion 360 Add-in called "Airfoil Tools," which you can obtain from these links: For Windows users, go to: https://apps.autodesk.com/FUSION/en/Detail/Index?id=5447707798035545266&appLang=en&os=Win64&_ga=2.101507906.2128269537.1594988522-2080194535.1594988522 Mac users, please visit: https://apps.autodesk.com/FUSION/en/Detail/Index?id=5447707798035545266&appLang=en&os=Mac&_ga=2.27291391.2128269537.1594988522-2080194535.1594988522 Airfoil Tools serves as the user interface for my decade-long work in water and airfoil optimization. Currently, I'm supporting a range of applications including: Wings (lifting foils) and Struts (low-drag symmetric foils) Cowlings (low-drag shapes for the nose or tail of any object in a flow) Propellers and Turbines, which can be powered by a motor or harness energy from the flow Ducts suitable for use as Propeller or Turbine shrouds The Add-in gathers essential information about scale, medium, power, and expected conditions from you. It then parametrically inserts the ideal shape best-suited to your intended purpose, based on thousands of hours of CFD simulations and particle-swarm genetic optimization for popular use cases. Typically, this design outperforms legacy shapes by 10% to 100%, with improvements of up to 57% to 120% over NACA shapes and the UIUC database.