Wind energy is a critical part of the global energy transition, and yet there is one fundamental issue that physicists and engineers have been unable to solve. Reliability is a cornerstone of ...

A new approach to a 100-year-old math problem is reshaping how engineers understand wind turbines. Penn State engineering student Divya Tyagi developed a cleaner and more complete solution to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A young student has revamped a century-old math problem and unlocked a simple, yet elegant solution to optimize wind turbine flow ...

Divya Tyagi, right, a Penn State engineering graduate student, shows her work on a century-old math problem to Sven Schmitz, a College of Engineering faculty member and Tyagi's adviser. UNIVERSITY ...

A Penn State student refined a century-old math problem, originally published in 1935, that determines the optimal aerodynamic performance of a wind turbine. The student's work improves upon the ...

An engineering student refined a century-old math problem into a simpler, more elegant form, making it easier to use and explore. Divya Tyagi's work expands research in aerodynamics, unlocking new ...