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Calculation of performance characteristics and partial load behaviour

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Calculating the forces and the relative velocities at the rotor blades for tip speed ratios other than the design tip speed ratio requires a substantial effort. In the following a method is described which is comparatively simple to understand: the blade element momentum method.

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  1. Fak. V Verkehrs- und Maschinensysteme Institut für Luft- und Raumfahrt, TU Berlin, Marchstr. 12-14, 10587, Berlin, Germany

    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Gasch

  2. HTW Berlin, Wilhelminenhofstr. 75A, 12459, Berlin, Germany

    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jochen Twele

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  1. Fak. V Verkehrs- und Maschinensysteme, Institut für Luft- und Raumfahrt, TU Berlin, Marchstr. 12-14, Berlin, 10587, Berlin, Germany

    Robert Gasch

  2. HTW Berlin, Wilhelminenhofstr. 75A, Berlin, 12459, Germany

    Jochen Twele

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Gasch, R., Twele, J. (2012). Calculation of performance characteristics and partial load behaviour. In: Gasch, R., Twele, J. (eds) Wind Power Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22938-1_6

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