Physical aspects of windmill design

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, , Citation P.T. Smulders 1976 Physics in Technology 7 208 DOI 10.1088/0305-4624/7/5/I01

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Abstract

The revival of interest in renewable energy sources has led to some ambitious projects for harnessing wind energy-in particular the NASA-ERDA plan to build a 1.5 MW windmill in 1978. The underlying physics determining windmill design for efficient energy extraction is described

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