At the start of December, 5 members of the Cambridge University Gliding Club took a trip up to the Scottish Gliding Centre near Edinburgh for the Christmas expedition. They were Chris, Eszter, Hugh, Vu, and the author. Galleries are available Read More …
Author: Matthew Wang
[052EN]Glider Flight No.103: Solo Flight at Portmoak
This is part of the upcoming review of the CUGC Christmas Expedition to Portmoak (Scottish Gliding Union), 2018. My 103rd glider flight at Portmoak airfield in an ASK-21 (G-CHPW), winch launch on runway 28L. Made an attempt to soar on Read More …
[051EN]Glider Flight No.75: Cable Break Training
This video is my 75th launch in a glider, and purpose of this flight is to practise the recovery and safe landing in the event of a cable break during a winch launch. This launch was from Gransden Lodge Runway Read More …
[050EN]Glider Flight No.74: Circuit from GRL RWY34
This is a flight from Gransden Lodge Runway 34. This runway is very rarely used in GRL these days except for those days where the wind direction and strength make it unfeasible to operate on 04/22, which allows for the Read More …
[049EN]Universal Symmetric 4-Digit NACA Airfoil Form Equations
The family of NACA symmetric airfoil sees wide use in all general purposes. These geometries are usually conveniently generated by an airfoil plotter available online. However, sometimes it may be required that the shape of the airfoil to be defined Read More …
[048EN]SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation: Choked Nozzle (Part 3)
As said previously, the third and final part of this series we shall use to have a look at the presentation of CFD simulation results offered by SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation (abbreviated hereinafter as FS). Part 1 of this series is Read More …
[046EN] EGT1 Technical Statistics
Statistics of lecture topics that appeared in the exam of Cambridge 2nd year engineering Tripos (1B, EGT1).
[047EN]SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation: Choked Nozzle (Part 2)
In the previous part we have illustrated and discussed the basic set up process for a SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation CFD project. This part of the series is dedicated to the preparation of the solving process, and the actual solving process. Read More …
[045EN]SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation: Choked Nozzle (Part 1)
The SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation is an add-in to the famous middle-of-the-way 3D modelling software package SOLIDWORKS. It offers the basic CFD functions within SOLIDWORKS i.e. no need to go to another programme. This add-in is straightforward to use, as this Read More …
[044EN]3D modelling according to manufacturing process: an example
In 3D modelling, there are usually many different ways to complete the same part. For example, to model an axle-like part, there would be extrusion, extrude cutting, revolution, and other possible methods. Every design engineer has his own habit of Read More …