A small three (3) blade turbine with 10 meter long blades is shut down due to wind speeds being 35 m/s. The turbine has a brake on the low speed shaft rotor to keep the rotor from spinning in these circumstances. However, a maintenance man accidentally sets the blades to have an angle of attack of 10 degrees against the incoming wind when the rotor is facing into the wind. The blades have a constant chord of 0.5 meters, and have CI = 2na where a is measure in radians. Assume also that the air density is 1.25 kg/m. Approximately how much torque must the brake restrain?

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A small three (3) blade turbine with 10 meter long blades is shut down due to wind speeds being
35 m/s. The turbine has a brake on the low speed shaft rotor to keep the rotor from spinning in
these circumstances. However, a maintenance man accidentally sets the blades to have an
angle of attack of 10 degrees against the incoming wind when the rotor is facing into the wind.
The blades have a constant chord of 0.5 meters, and have CI = 2TTA where a is measure in
radians. Assume also that the air density is 1.25 kg/m³. Approximately how much torque must
the brake restrain?
Transcribed Image Text:A small three (3) blade turbine with 10 meter long blades is shut down due to wind speeds being 35 m/s. The turbine has a brake on the low speed shaft rotor to keep the rotor from spinning in these circumstances. However, a maintenance man accidentally sets the blades to have an angle of attack of 10 degrees against the incoming wind when the rotor is facing into the wind. The blades have a constant chord of 0.5 meters, and have CI = 2TTA where a is measure in radians. Assume also that the air density is 1.25 kg/m³. Approximately how much torque must the brake restrain?
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