For this project, a natural phenomenon was studied, and a concept design was inspired by that phenomenon. The natural phenomenon studied was phototropism.

Phototropism is the directional growth of an organism toward a light source. The term is often used to describe the movement of the branches of a plant in order to get exposed to more light.

 

Phototropism is one of the many tropisms or movements plants do to respond to external stimuli.

Others are:

* Hydrotropism
* Thermotropism

* Chemotropism

* Thigmotropism

 

With the concept of tropisms in mind, the following concept for a wind turbine was conceived. This concept design attempts to overcome the #1 reason for which wind turbines fail nowadays. The blades on current wind turbines are often unable to withstand stresses produced by high velocity winds, and as a result the whole turbine collapses.