Danish design student Magnus Quaade Oddershede, 19, said his model had just left a two-week project in his senior year, when he decided to investigate the problem. Tip of the inclined wing of Boeing, the resistance extension.
"I studied the design of the bowed wing end of the Boeing and its design and the behavior of the three-dimensional (air) flow around the end of the wing," he said at an EUCYS awards ceremony in Sofia on 17 September. Bulgaria
Oddershede has developed a device that visually resembles the ends of Boeing's wings, but has a sharper tip. He says his tests show that the "new swing" that reduces drag and optimizes wing height could be more effective than the Boeing model.
"This prevents air from wrapping around the wing tip, meaning that traffic behind the wing is significantly reduced, which reduces aircraft-induced drag," said Oddershede. ,
In general, the induced resistance contributes about 10% to the overall resistance of a modern aircraft. A reduction can lead to a significant reduction in fuel consumption and pollution.
The teenager has always been fascinated by aviation and remembers having played with a plane model from the age of five. 'The fact that you can fly something heavier than air. I think it's just the concept, unbelievable.
"My design could actually help reduce the impact of aviation on the weather."
Magnus Quaade Oddershede, winner of the first EUCYS award
climate Change
Oddershede, who began studying physics at the University of Copenhagen in early September, said his concerns about climate change also motivated him to work on designing the wingtip.
"I think we should do many things to reduce the impact of our way of living on the climate, and aviation in general is making a significant contribution to pollution," he said. "My design could actually help reduce the impact of aviation on the weather."
So far, he has tested only the tip of the alternative wing in a slow wind tunnel located in a student science center. He hopes to start more proof-of-concept experiments and optimize his model. He needed access to a high-speed wind tunnel. "I hope that this (first prize) gives me an edge when I ask for the use of these wind tunnels," he said.
The first prizes went to Alex Korocencev and Felix Christian Sewing , both 18-year-old Germans, for their prototype magnetic hovercraft inspired by the 1980s science fiction film Back to the Future II and the Irishman Adam Kelly of 17 years for new tools. Optimization of quantum computing.
Fourth prize went to American researchers Leo Li Takemaru and Poojan Pandya (17), who investigated the role of the CCDN11 (helical domain) protein that contains the protein in HIV. His work explored how protein might affect future antiviral treatments.
Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, congratulated the winners on their "outstanding achievements".
"I am sure that many of the 154 participants will make headlines in the coming years through innovative discoveries and innovations," he said.
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What is EU competence for young scientists (EUCYS)?
EUCYS is an annual competition in which the best young researchers come together to compete with their contemporaries, to cooperate and to exchange ideas and to network with the most important researchers in Europe.
Participants are individuals or teams of up to three people who have already won the first prize in a national science competition and have been nominated by a national organizer. The projects can cover any scientific activity and all participants must be between 14 and 20 years old at the time of the competition. Participants come from EU Member States and countries with a scientific and technical agreement with the EU.
The projects are assessed by at least five jurors for their originality and creativity, their ability, diligence and thoroughness in the way in which a project has been followed from conception to completion through deliberation and clarity. the interpretation of the results and the quality of the presentation of the study.
The 31st edition of EUCYS has collected from 14 to 20 years 154 candidates from 40 countries . Most young scientists were European, but also came from countries such as Egypt, South Korea and Turkey. 34 projects were awarded.
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