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Ernesto E. Blanco.
Heyward, Moses A
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
2010-10-29T18:17:06Z
2010-10-29T18:17:06Z
2005
2005
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59703
668415732
Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2005.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 28).
In this creative design process a number of designs were constructed, implemented and tested in order to assess the feasibility of using high speed to create a curtain to repel the rain from the automobile windshield instead of using the traditional wiper blades. The primary two methods tested used a compression system and a blower system that allowed the air to flow upward and parallel to the windshield. Both of the applications showed potential especially when coupled with a hydrophobic coating covering the windshield. The design using the high-speed squirrel cage blowers was implemented on an actual car in which it revealed positive results, which will be further assessed for patenting potential.
by Moses A. Heyward.
S.B.
28 p.
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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High speed air pneumatic wind shield wiping design
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