Abstract
Recently, wind energy do not plays a central role of renewable energy production in Japan. One of the strategy to keep the development of wind energy is student education about the wind turbine technology. However, to educate both theory and actual practice at the same time for student who have less technical skills is difficult in introductory education. In this study, we developed the aerodynamics and engineering mechanics experimental educational tool for college student, using horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) generator paper model with wind turbine calculation software (QBlade). The educational tool provides the experience about engineering mechanics such as rotor blade torque with "assembling the original wind turbine paper model" and "fluid calculation of the rotor blade by GPL wind turbine calculation software". Furthermore, we published the wind turbine generator paper model under a Creative Commons License (CC License) on our web site.
