For Texas Tech researchers, the VorTECH wind simulator is more than just a machine that simulates tornadoes inside of their facility at the former Reese Air Force Base. A decade after the wind ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) --It won't be long before offshore wind is powering homes in Maryland, but with so few examples of completed wind farms in the United States, it's hard to fully imagine what a ...

AMES, Iowa – The foundation of a house remains, the basement ripped open and exposed, with the rest of the house blown away. A brick-veneered bank building partially caved in. A collapsed high school ...

I flew an Airbus A350 flight simulator to experience the rare but high-risk scenarios pilots may face, from bouncy turbulence ...

The University of Iowa's bid to become the U.S. Department of Energy's designated test lab for supersize wind turbines received a boost Tuesday from the Iowa Power Fund Board. The board authorized ...

Consider the inside of a typical wind turbine nacelle. It will contain a gearbox, electrical controls, a generator, hub mounting, blade controls, and several other major systems. In the case of ...

CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RESET, a leading technology repair and support company, announced the launch of the first Turbine Advanced Testing Simulator for Wind Turbine Multi-Purpose Remote ...

In this special guest feature, Robert Roe from Scientific Computing World writes that HPC simulation provides a platform to develop advancements in energy generation technologies. Through the use of ...

Just in time for the beginning of the hurricane season, the University of Florida (UF) engineers have built the world's largest portable hurricane wind simulator. Mounted on a trailer, the device is ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Wind Tunnel Simulator Wind Tunnel Simulator is a creative physics sandbox game that combines intuitive 3D sculpting with realistic aerodynamic simulation.

A new system using hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing of embedded-control software releases keeps turbines up on the farm For its wind turbine control systems, Siemens’ engineers faced the challenge ...