TECHNICAL RECORD // CONTEMPORARY SOURCE

FONDATION COUSTEAU AND WINDSHIP PROPULSION

1985
English

Published while the Turbosail program was still unfolding, this paper records the progression from wind-tunnel research to the full-scale experimental installation aboard Moulin à Vent, including Mediterranean trials and the 1983 Atlantic experiment.

Page from the 1985 wind engineering paper documenting Moulin à Vent Turbosail trials

01 / RECORD

PUBLIC DESCRIPTION

Published while the Turbosail program was still unfolding, this paper records the progression from wind-tunnel research to the full-scale experimental installation aboard Moulin à Vent, including Mediterranean trials and the 1983 Atlantic experiment.

02 / CONTEXT

WHY THIS MATTERS

This is the scientific record closest to the original development of the Cousteau–Pechiney system. It preserves technical context that later summaries cannot replace.

03 / CITATION

SOURCE INFORMATION

TITLE // Fondation Cousteau and Windship Propulsion

AUTHOR / ORGANIZATION // Fondation Cousteau / Cousteau–Pechiney wind-propulsion program

PUBLICATION // Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

DATE // 1985

LANGUAGE // English