Energy capacity of rotating composite designs (review)

Conclusions Theoretical investigations that have been performed and experimental confirmation on models have conclusively confirmed the high efficiency of composite flywheels. The most promising design at the present time is the chorded flywheel, especially for pulse energy sources. It can be assumed that the flexibility of the chords makes it possible to achieve a balanced design more simply. Problems of balancing, as, in general, the dynamics of energy-storing rotating composite components, however, will be the subject of further independent research.Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 1, pp. 65–78, January–February, 1986.