Question

Modern wind turbines are larger than they appear, and despite their apparently lazy motion, the speed of the blades tips can be quite high- many times higher than the wind speed. a typical modern turbine has blades 56 m long that spin at 13 rpm. at the tip of a blade, what are (a) the speed and (b) the centripetal acceleration?

Answer 1

The speeds of a modern turbine that has blades that are 56 m long averages around 40 mph. It varies by how much rpm's it uses at the given time. The lower the rpm's, the lower mph it will be. Likewise, the higher the rpm's, the higher mph is will be.