EP0328254A1 - Überziehen von Tragflügelsegeln - Google Patents
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- EP0328254A1 EP0328254A1 EP89300474A EP89300474A EP0328254A1 EP 0328254 A1 EP0328254 A1 EP 0328254A1 EP 89300474 A EP89300474 A EP 89300474A EP 89300474 A EP89300474 A EP 89300474A EP 0328254 A1 EP0328254 A1 EP 0328254A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
- B63H9/00—Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power
- B63H9/04—Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power using sails or like wind-catching surfaces
- B63H9/06—Types of sail; Constructional features of sails; Arrangements thereof on vessels
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
- B63H9/00—Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power
- B63H9/04—Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power using sails or like wind-catching surfaces
- B63H9/06—Types of sail; Constructional features of sails; Arrangements thereof on vessels
- B63H9/061—Rigid sails; Aerofoil sails
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- This invention relates to wingsail aerofoils for land or marine vehicles and to arrangements for stalling wingsail aerofoils.
- a wingsail aerofoil is mounted and operated somewhat differently to the more familiar aeroplane wing; it is mounted with the span upright (i.e. vertically or near vertically extending) and the aerofoil section plane substantially horizontal, and since the vehicle to which the wingsail is attached is supported by land or water the aerofoil is used to supply or augment propulsive power which for practical purposes needs to be capable of being applied in all potential directions or travel.
- the type of wingsail assembly with which the present invention is principally concerned is a self-setting or self-trimming wingsail assembly.
- Such a wingsail assembly comprises a set of aerofoils, termed hereinafter a sailset, having at least one thrust wingsail that reacts the propulsive force and is freely rotatable about an upright axis so that it can be trimmed to different angles in accordance with the wind and desired direction of travel, and at least one auxiliary aerofoil (usually a tail aerofoil) mounted on a boom or booms rigidly connected to the thrust wingsail and which is used to trim the thrust wingsail as explained hereinafter.
- auxiliary aerofoil usually a tail aerofoil
- the thrust wingsail is of multi-element structure comprising a leading aerofoil element and a trailing aerofoil element positioned closely behind the leading element, the trailing element being laterally pivotable with respect to the leading element so that a wingsail adopts an asymmetrical configuration for thrust right or left of the wind.
- the trailing element can be locked in the thrusting position and released for returning to the aligned position or to a mirror image cambered position.
- the axis of rotation of the sailset passes through the leading element or, in the instance of a sailset having a multi-plane structure of a plurality of side by side thrust wingsails, through the central plane of symmetry of the leading elements, and the trailing element pivots independently of the main pivot axis.
- the sailset When the aerofoils are all coplanar the sailset will be rotated like a weathercock to the position of minimum resistance. If the thrust wing is then set to the thrusting configuration by rotating and locking the trailing element the wind creates a turning moment about the main axis.
- the auxiliary aerofoil can also be independently rotated and although much smaller it is, by virtue of its distance from the main axis, capable of exerting a comparable moment.
- the trim of the thrust wing to the wind can be selected, and upon a change of wind direction the resulting change in the moments of the thrust wing and auxiliary aerofoil about the main axis will cause a natural rotation of the sailset until the moments again balance when the trim angle to the wind is restored to its original value.
- the direction of travel of the vehicle with respect to prevailing wind direction may be considered to fall into three general categories: towards the wind, broadly across the wind, and away from or downwind, and for each of these categories different settings with respect to the wind are preferable. In between the general categories the best settings will be intermediate those exemplified below with respect to the general categories.
- the trim is usually adjusted to provide the maximum possible aerodynamic efficiency, commonly termed the lift/drag ratio; which is the ratio of the output force resolved into components at right angles to the wind and in the direction of the wind. If the direction is across the wind the trim is adjusted to provide the maximum force available without stalling, and if the travel is downward then the downwind component of force is maximised, with stalling deliberately enabled if found more effective.
- the lift/drag ratio is the ratio of the output force resolved into components at right angles to the wind and in the direction of the wind.
- the present invention is particularly concerned with multiplane sailsets and with configurations that enable maintenance of full stall for maximum speed in running downwind.
- the airflow over the aerofoils is eddying and turbulent such that an auxiliary tail aerofil may become blanketed and to rendered less effective in controlling the trimming of the thrust wings in stalling conditions.
- the invention provides a wingsail arrangement comprising a plurality of thrust wings each of which comprises an upright leading aerofoil having a leading edge and a trailing edge and an upright trailing aerofoil having a leading edge and a trailing edge the leading edge of the trailing aerofoil being positioned closely behind the trailing edge of the leading aerofoil and means for mounting the trailing aerofoil for pivoting movement about an upright axis relative to the first aerofoil from an aligned position in which the trailing aerofoil is aligned coplanar with the leading aerofoil to positions to each side of and angularly displaced from the aligned position, and means for controlling at least a pair of trailing aerofoils of said plurality of thrust wings to rotate through different angles as the trailing aerofoils are angularly displaced from the aligned position.
- a main thrust wing is composed of a leading element 1 and a trailing element (termed a flap) 2.
- the flap 2 is pivotable from side to side about a pivot axis 3 located within the leading section 1, the flap being connected to the pivot axis 3 by a series of hinge arms 4 illustrated more clearly in Figure 2.
- the pivot axis 3 may not be a continuous axis, it may comprise a series of aligned axes associated with respective hinge arms 4.
- a small slat (not shown) that forms an extension to the trailing edge of the leading element 1 when the trailing section 2 is pivoted out of alignment with the leading element 1 is preferably provided. Such a slat is the subject of my U.S. patents 4,467,741 and 4,563,970.
- a tail aerofoil 11 is pivotally mounted about axis 5 on booms 6, usually provided towards or at the top and bottom of the thrust wings, the booms being rigidly connected to the leading element 1.
- Hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders 7, 8 or other movement mechanisms are provided for respectively rotating the flap 2 and tail about their pivot axes 3 and 5, these fluid cylinders or other mechanisms may conveniently be mounted on the booms 6 which also form an end plate assembly.
- a counterbalance 9 for the tail is also provided so that the sailset is mass balanced about an axis 10, about which the sailset is freely rotatable. In order to dynamically balance the sailset the counterbalance is located at approximately half height on the leading element although some inertial response advantage can be gained by locating the counterbalance a little below the half height.
- a multiplane sailset comprises the same elements as shown and described with reference to Figure 1, but has a plurality of sets of thrust wings, each having a leading element 1 and flap 2.
- a single auxiliary tail aerofoil is still usually employed although multiple auxiliary aerofoils may be used.
- the central structure is similar to that shown in Figure 1 with the main axis 10 aligned with the central leading section.
- the main axis 10 will lie midway between the innermost leading sections.
- the thrust wings of a multiplane sailset may be linked so that one flap (usually the flap on a central wing of an odd numbered multiplane) is controlled as a master with the rest driven as slaves, or alternatively each flap may be separately driven with the drives controlled so that whether by virtue of physical interconnection or by a control mechanism the flaps are moved in unison.
- Figure 3 illustrates a twin plane set of thrust wings, each thrust wings comprising a leading element 1 and a trailing flap element 2.
- the flaps 2 are each pivotable about an axis 3 located on the centre chord of the respective leading elements, so that each flap is capable of being angularly deflected laterally to each side of its respective leading element.
- the spacing of the leading element is preferably fixed and maintained by members interconnecting the two leading elements at intervals in the upright direction, so that the leading elements are maintained parallel to one another.
- the known arrangements are for the flaps to be maintained parallel to one another, so that the angular deflection of each flap relative to its leading element is the same, or for an initial flap trailing edge inward angular disparity that is maintained during deflection so that the leeward wing (outside of the camber) is more deeply stalled by the extent of the initial angular disparity.
- FIG. 4 shows the in line configuration, the leading aerofoils being rigidly connected parallel to each other and the spacing of the flaps 2 being maintained parallel and coplanar with the leading aerofoils by a link 14 that is pivotally connected at 15 to respective arms 16 attached to the trailing edges of the flaps.
- the arms 16 are inwardly directed towards the plane of symmetry of the sailset so that the length of the link 14 is less than the distance between the respective chord planes of the wings.
- FIG. 5 which shows the flaps angularly deflected towards the wind (shown by the arrow) the leeward flap 2a is deflected through an angle ⁇ , but the windward flap 2b is deflected through an smaller angle ⁇ due to the non-parallelogram linkage formed between the hinge axes 3 of the flaps and the pivotal connections 15 on the arms.
- the precise angular difference between ⁇ and ⁇ depends upon the geometry of the quadrilateral joining the hinge axes 3 and pivotal connections 15, and the length of the arms 16 and linkage 14 are selected according to the desired angular disparity at full flap deflection.
- the non parallel linkage principle described with reference to the embodiments of Figures 4 and 5 may be utilised in combination with a non-deflected flap setting in which there is an initial angular disparity, in which case this initial angular disparity plus the linkage geometry will determine the final angular disparity in the fully deflected position of the flap.
- An initial angular disparity in combination with non-parallel linkage need not only have the flap trailing edges convergent, settings may be chosen in which the zero deflection (symmetrical position) has the trailing edges of the flaps divergent.
- the linkages are arranged so that at full deflection the angles of deflection are +38°, +40° and +42° or on the opposite tack angles of -38°, -40° and -42°.
- pairs of wings may have linkages with differing non-parallel linkages to maintain a leeward progression to deeper stalling.
- leading aerofoils have been described as spaced with their chord lines parallel, but it should be realised that it is possible for departures from parallel to be made so that the chordal planes of the leading aerofoils are divergent or convergent as compared with the parallel arrangement.
- the deflection control arrangements may also be utilized on thrust wings that are not rotated by an auxiliary or tail aerofoil.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB8803265 | 1988-02-12 | ||
GB888803265A GB8803265D0 (en) | 1988-02-12 | 1988-02-12 | Wingsail stalling |
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EP0328254A1 true EP0328254A1 (de) | 1989-08-16 |
EP0328254B1 EP0328254B1 (de) | 1993-07-14 |
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EP89300474A Expired - Lifetime EP0328254B1 (de) | 1988-02-12 | 1989-01-19 | Überziehen von Tragflügelsegeln |
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EP (1) | EP0328254B1 (de) |
JP (1) | JPH026293A (de) |
KR (1) | KR890012858A (de) |
AU (1) | AU617419B2 (de) |
CA (1) | CA1317161C (de) |
DE (1) | DE68907494T2 (de) |
DK (1) | DK62689A (de) |
FI (1) | FI94613C (de) |
GB (2) | GB8803265D0 (de) |
NO (1) | NO171496C (de) |
NZ (1) | NZ227717A (de) |
ZA (1) | ZA89422B (de) |
Cited By (3)
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FR3058386A1 (fr) * | 2016-11-08 | 2018-05-11 | Ayro | Navire a propulsion velique. |
WO2020115717A1 (en) | 2018-12-06 | 2020-06-11 | Ayro | Ship with sail propulsion |
CN115071939A (zh) * | 2022-06-04 | 2022-09-20 | 西北工业大学 | 一种随动对称襟翼帆 |
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WO2014001824A1 (en) | 2012-06-29 | 2014-01-03 | Windship Technology Limited | Aerofoil sail |
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DE403416C (de) * | 1924-09-29 | Anton Flettner | Anordnung fuer Segelfahrzeuge | |
WO1986004035A1 (en) * | 1985-01-07 | 1986-07-17 | The University Of Southampton | Aerofoils for floating vessels |
WO1986006342A1 (en) * | 1985-05-02 | 1986-11-06 | Walker Research Systems Limited | Wingsail systems |
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ES522894A0 (es) * | 1982-06-04 | 1984-05-16 | Walker Wingsail Syst | Perfeccionamientos introducidos en aparatos de vela. |
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- 1989-01-19 EP EP89300474A patent/EP0328254B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1989-01-19 ZA ZA89422A patent/ZA89422B/xx unknown
- 1989-01-19 DE DE89300474T patent/DE68907494T2/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1989-01-25 NZ NZ227717A patent/NZ227717A/xx unknown
- 1989-01-26 FI FI890392A patent/FI94613C/fi not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1989-02-02 CA CA000589947A patent/CA1317161C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1989-02-02 AU AU29552/89A patent/AU617419B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1989-02-03 JP JP1026506A patent/JPH026293A/ja active Pending
- 1989-02-06 GB GB8902582A patent/GB2215693B/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1989-02-10 DK DK062689A patent/DK62689A/da not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1989-02-10 NO NO890576A patent/NO171496C/no unknown
- 1989-02-11 KR KR1019890001558A patent/KR890012858A/ko not_active Application Discontinuation
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DE403416C (de) * | 1924-09-29 | Anton Flettner | Anordnung fuer Segelfahrzeuge | |
WO1986004035A1 (en) * | 1985-01-07 | 1986-07-17 | The University Of Southampton | Aerofoils for floating vessels |
WO1986006342A1 (en) * | 1985-05-02 | 1986-11-06 | Walker Research Systems Limited | Wingsail systems |
Cited By (7)
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FR3058386A1 (fr) * | 2016-11-08 | 2018-05-11 | Ayro | Navire a propulsion velique. |
WO2018087649A1 (fr) | 2016-11-08 | 2018-05-17 | Marvin Series | Navire à propulsion vélique |
US10906620B2 (en) | 2016-11-08 | 2021-02-02 | Ayro | Ship with sail propulsion |
US11891160B2 (en) | 2017-11-06 | 2024-02-06 | Ayro | Ship with sail propulsion |
WO2020115717A1 (en) | 2018-12-06 | 2020-06-11 | Ayro | Ship with sail propulsion |
CN115071939A (zh) * | 2022-06-04 | 2022-09-20 | 西北工业大学 | 一种随动对称襟翼帆 |
CN115071939B (zh) * | 2022-06-04 | 2023-11-17 | 西北工业大学 | 一种随动对称襟翼帆 |
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GB2215693B (en) | 1991-11-27 |
AU617419B2 (en) | 1991-11-28 |
NO171496B (no) | 1992-12-14 |
GB8902582D0 (en) | 1989-03-22 |
JPH026293A (ja) | 1990-01-10 |
DE68907494D1 (de) | 1993-08-19 |
FI890392A0 (fi) | 1989-01-26 |
KR890012858A (ko) | 1989-09-19 |
DE68907494T2 (de) | 1993-11-11 |
NO890576L (no) | 1989-08-14 |
NO171496C (no) | 1993-03-24 |
GB8803265D0 (en) | 1988-03-09 |
GB2215693A (en) | 1989-09-27 |
DK62689A (da) | 1989-08-13 |
NZ227717A (en) | 1990-08-28 |
AU2955289A (en) | 1989-08-17 |
FI94613B (fi) | 1995-06-30 |
DK62689D0 (da) | 1989-02-10 |
FI890392A (fi) | 1989-08-13 |
NO890576D0 (no) | 1989-02-10 |
FI94613C (fi) | 1995-10-10 |
CA1317161C (en) | 1993-05-04 |
ZA89422B (en) | 1989-12-27 |
EP0328254B1 (de) | 1993-07-14 |
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