Friday, June 1, 2018

The Two faces of Wind Force(*)

  
     The increasing of wind velocity as cited on SCOTT EICHELBERGER, JAMES MCCAA, BART NIJSSEN & ANDREW WOOD(2008) imply on good oportunity to use the wind as energy. But,the increasing of catastrophic events due to high velocity of wind may occure. Thus this fact needs a good project on infrastructure, as considering this velocities on structural projects.There are benefits and hazards of increasing or decreasing of wind force in all geographical areas and human activities.
    In the sea more intensity and height of waves, more erosion on coastal areas, more increasing of evaporation. In the Rural areas more devastating events on cultivated area as the easy propagation of fire. In the cities more buildings destroyed, more dead people,cars destroyed by hurricanes that carry them or fall of trees.This type of event are been solved by help of alerts on communication media.
    Perhaps the area with good perspectives is the wind power, despite of the possible adaptation of wind turbines (i.e, aerodynamic design of blades) or the risk of decreasing wind in some geographical areas due to climate changes.

More information


(1) SCOTT EICHELBERGER, JAMES MCCAA, BART NIJSSEN & ANDREW WOOD(2008) , Climate changes Effect on Wind speed, North America   WindPower,July 2008

(2)World Maps about windpower
https://www.thewindpower.net/media_maps_en.php


(3) How to service and maintain a wind turbine blade
https://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1137943/service-maintain-wind-turbine-blade
(4) Wind power capacity in the world.
http://gwec.net/global-figures/interactive-map/


(5) Plans for world’s ‘largest and most powerful’ offshore wind turbine unveiled.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/01/plans-for-worlds-largest-and-most-powerful-offshore-wind-turbine-unveiled.html


(6) Wind Speed to upset vehicles.PDF file:   https://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/50675.pdf

(7)Climate Change May Mean Slower Winds. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-may-mean-slower-winds/

(8)Climate Impacts on Coastal Areas. https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/climate-impacts/climate-impacts-coastal-areas_.htm

(9)Climate Change. National Geographic Society. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/climate-change/





(*) This article is jointed from two with same title that I published  on https://waterandstructuresmath.wordpress.com