Arch AWES

We have strong starts on the topic of arch AWES.

This topic thread is another home for growing notes and discussions on arch AWES.

I anticipate that one day there will be an encyclopedia dedicated to arch AWES

as a significant sector of AWE.   I'd buy a copy now if it existed. For now, may this topic

thread be part of the flow toward that future day.

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In first blush "arch" brings to mind ancient doorways with keystones. Rainbows from the play of light and mist. Bridges from here to there. Tunnels. Sacred places. Strength. Power. Nests. Circle. Catenary. Connection. Community. And more.  The spider's web obtains arches by gravity and by wind, and by approximations from polygonal ways.

    Have a single-line kite system having one wing in its wing set and one anchor point in its anchor set. Someplace along the single line or at the wing, have a continuation of the tether to form a second return path to earth, mother anchor; have the elements of an arch kite system, the primitive of an arch AWES that converts wind energy to other forms of energy and works.   a____W_____a     might be a character symbol for such a primitive arch AWES; the "a" is anchor; the ____ a part of the arch loadline; the W the wing; and then repeat the other side of the arch.  Maybe a^w^a  could be an alternative for the same primitive. Then consider a^w^w^a.   "Etc.", as Newton would end a thought session.  

So, one could have:    a^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^a

Or going further for a farm:

a^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^a

a^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^a

a^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^a

a^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^a

a^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^a

a^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^a

a^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^a

a^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^a

Now the count of ws in each arch will be of concern for various purposes. 

And will there be flygen or groundgen arrangements? Perhaps both at once.

Now, a peek at the nature of "w" in an arch AWES: The "w" could be embedded in arch load lines or kited out from the load line(s).  Indeed, one "w" could be a train or downwind arch itself with multiple wing elements; domes of arches could occur (we have some former discussions on such).  And any "w" could be rigid, soft, hybrid, rotary-T (traverse-to-wind axis), rotary-P (parallel-to-wind axis), or rotary-O (axis oblique to wind).

Notice that from the arch load lines one my have drop lines that tail or go to earth anchor or to load lines of other arch-kite runs. On drop lines may be held wings, vanes, things, sleeping quarters, drying stations, turbines, etc.

An arch AWES may efficiently curb yaw and roll moments; and such curbing may be a PTO means on arch AWES designed for such.  Left, right, left, right, left, right, ... : damp such oscillations with pumps or electric generators and power the world!

a^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^w^a   may arch over a cities, rivers, rail roads, lakes, forests, expanses of ocean, shipping lanes, waters between islands, ...