Transactions in Bionic Patents, Vol. 8: Vortex coil effect-use rig for sailing surfboards

Scientific Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Engineering - Naval Engineering, Ocean Engineering, , language: English, abstract: The invention relates to a rig for sailing and windsurfing, consisting of a textile wing membrane and a guide and mounting structure. The rig uses the so-called vortex coil effect (also known as eddy reel effect). The basic principle of the leaflet geometry is the so-called "crab claws rig" modeled.

About the author

Michael Dienst lives and works in Berlin and is sailing for the Club Nautique Francais de Tegel (CNFT). He is spokesman at the BIONIC RESEARCH Unit at the University of Applied Sciences Berlin and lecturer for Bionic Engineering at the Industrial Design Institute of the University of Applied Sciences in Magdeburg.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Dienst
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9783656712114
• ISBN: 978-3-656-71211-4
• No. of pages: 24
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 51 g
• Series: Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V277438; Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V277438
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Ships; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology