1.5 - Wind Turbine Aerodynamics
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Practice Questions
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What is lift?
💡 Hint: Think about how airplanes take off.
What does drag do?
💡 Hint: Consider how wind affects objects in its path.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What force acts perpendicular to the wind and promotes turbine movement?
💡 Hint: Think of how airplanes stay in the air.
True or False: Pitch control allows blades to change their angle to improve efficiency.
💡 Hint: Consider how your car changes gear for acceleration.
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Given a turbine experiencing stall at high wind speeds, analyze the aerodynamic forces and suggest a design modification.
💡 Hint: Think about safe designs used in aviation to recover from stalls.
Consider a scenario where a wind turbine blade has a drag coefficient of 0.5. Calculate the expected drag force if the dynamic pressure is 200 N/m².
💡 Hint: Remember to find the reference area for the blades first.
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