If a wind turbine has blades of length 50 m, calculate the number of cycles, N, the turbine would make during it's 30 year operational lifespan if the mean windspeed, uo, is 12 ms and the tip speed ratio, 2, is 10.

If a wind turbine has blades of length 50 m, calculate the number of cycles, N, the turbine would make during it's 30 year operational lifespan if the mean windspeed, uo, is 12 ms and the tip speed ratio, 2, is 10.

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If a wind turbine has blades of length 50 m, calculate the number of cycles, N, the turbine
would make during it's 30 year operational lifespan if the mean windspeed, uo, is 12 ms
and the tip speed ratio, 2, is 10.

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