%0 Journal Article
	%A Christopher Frank and  Yoshiki Miyairi
	%D 2014
	%J International Journal of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 91, 2014
	%T Jet-Stream Airsail: Study of the Shape and the Behavior of the Connecting Cable
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9998881
	%V 91
	%X A Jet-stream airsail concept takes advantage of aerology
in order to fly without propulsion. Weather phenomena, especially jet
streams, are relatively permanent high winds blowing from west to
east, located at average altitudes and latitudes in both hemispheres.
To continuously extract energy from the jet-stream, the system is
composed of a propelled plane and a wind turbine interconnected by
a cable. This work presents the aerodynamic characteristics and the
behavior of the cable that links the two subsystems and transmits
energy from the turbine to the aircraft. Two ways of solving this
problem are explored: numerically and analytically. After obtaining
the optimal shape of the cross-section of the cable, its behavior
is analyzed as a 2D problem solved numerically and analytically.
Finally, a 3D extension could be considered by adding lateral forces.
The results of this work can be further used in the design process of
the overall system: aircraft-turbine.

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