| dc.contributor.advisor | Gareth H. McKinley. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | McKay, Ian Salmon | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-09-13T18:55:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-09-13T18:55:56Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2012 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72845 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2012. | en_US |
| dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-36). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The flutter of a thin filament can provide a good indication of fluid velocity at small scales. By combining a 'fishtail'-shaped filament's aeroelastic and vortex-forced flutter modes, its oscillation frequency can be confined to scale smoothly with fluid velocity. This principle has been used to produce a low-cost, mm-scale anemometer that measures air flow to ±(5% + 0.5m/s) from 1-25m/s. This paper describes the prototype and the experiments that informed its design, and shows how a similar system could operate at far smaller scales than existing anemometers. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Ian McKay. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 36 p. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by
copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but
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permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mechanical Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.title | A mm-scale aeroelastic oscillation-based anemometer | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | S.B. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 807163972 | en_US |
