READ ME File For 'Winglets.zip'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D2129

ReadMe Author: Rodolfo Olvera Trejo University of Southampton ORCID ID 0000-0002-8607-1138

This dataset supports the thesis entitled 'An Experimental Study on the Effects of Winglets on the Performance of Horizontal Axis Tidal Turbines'
AWARDED BY: Univeristy of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: 2022

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA
This is the raw data collected with the NI DAQ box in LabView. It contains *.lmv files that can be opened with notepad. 
The correspondent speed is 0.755 m/s
There is a column for the time, position of the main blade in deg and 4 channels
Two channels contain the data. One for the torque and the other for the thrust
For the calibration, the load applied is in the name of the file
The range of rpms is from 60 to 120.

This dataset contains:

Calibration files
20 different winglets at same towing speed and different rpms


Date of data collection: July 2019

Information about geographic location of data collection: 50.907789, -1.399882

Related projects/Funders:
CONACyT-SENER (Mexico)


Date that the file was created: February, 2022