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=== Movement about the vertical axis === ...stiff body (for example a vehicle), describing rotation about the vertical axis ...

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{{Short description|Type of wind turbine that spins along its vertical axis}} ...umb|upright|alt=Savonius wind turbine in front of tall building|A Savonius wind turbine in Akihabara, Japan.]] ...

{{Short description|Type of vertical-axis wind turbine}} [[Image:Darrieus-windmill.jpg|thumb|right|Fig. 1: A Darrieus wind turbine once used to generate electricity on the [[Magdalen Islands]]]] ...

...o the aircraft body. It is usually described as "fine" or "low" for a more vertical blade angle, and "coarse" or "high" for a more horizontal blade angle. ==Wind turbines== ...

==Wind turbine testing in the 1980s== ...970 to 1990: The Carmarthen Bay Experiments and the Musgrove Vertical-Axis Turbines |year=2006 |url=http://dspace1.isd.glam.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/10265/236/1/ ...

[[File:WindCollector2.jpg|thumb|120px|right|Wind measurement with a Phased Array SODAR]] ...nd waves by [[atmospheric turbulence]]. Sodar equipment is used to measure wind speed at various heights above the ground, and the thermodynamic structure ...

...he illustration shows one nozzle for simplicity, most practical cross-flow turbines have two, arranged so that the water flows do not interfere. Cross-flow turbines are often constructed as two turbines of different capacity that share the same shaft. The turbine wheels are the ...

...g platforms has also been proposed for [[offshore wind power|offshore wind turbines]]. ...fness]] (low [[Elasticity (physics)|elasticity]]), such that virtually all vertical motion of the platform is eliminated. This allows the platform to have the ...

...r fence''' is a device that generates [[electrical energy]] by using the [[wind]] to move [[Charged particle|charged particles]] across an [[electric field ...no moving parts, could be used in [[Urban area|urban settings]] where wind turbines are impractical due to vibrational noise, moving [[Shadow|shadows]], and da ...

{{Short description|Wind turbine for pumping water}} A '''windpump''' is a wind-driven device which is used for pumping [[water]]. ...

...he roller axes, if projected, would all meet at a common point on the main axis of the bearing. This geometry makes the [[Rolling_cone_motion|motion of th ...combination loads, such as dual acting axial and radial loads. The bearing axis is where the projected lines of the raceway combine at a common location to ...

...last=Foerthmann|first=Peter|title=Self-Steering Under Sail: Autopilots and Wind-steering Systems|date=2013|publisher=epubli GmbH|isbn=978-3-8442-5640-6|loc Mechanical or "[[wind vane]]" self-steering started out as a way to keep model sail boats on cour ...

{{Short description|Direct use or generation of wind energy by the use of aerodynamic or aerostatic lift devices}} ...WE technology is able to harvest high altitude [[wind]]s, in contrast to [[wind turbine]]s, which use a rotor mounted on a tower. ...

...systems and [[alternator]]s and in packaging machinery, cable reels, and [[wind turbine]]s. They can be used on any rotating object to transfer power, cont ...onnection. Additional ring/brush assemblies are stacked along the rotating axis if more than one electrical circuit is needed. Either the [[brush (electric ...

{{short description|Difference in wind speed or direction over a short distance}} ...uncinus ice crystal plumes showing high-level wind shear, with changes in wind speed and direction]] ...

{{Short description|Instrument for measuring wind speed}} ...transl|μέτρον}})|measure}}) is a device that measures [[wind speed]] and [[wind direction|direction]]. It is a common instrument used in [[weather station] ...

...t wind power at Cap-Chat may be learnt at the interpretative centre at the wind farm. File:Capchatwindturbines.png|Wind turbines at Cap-Chat ...

...ption|Meteorological instrumentation used for showing the direction of the wind}} ...[[anemoscope]] used for showing the [[wind direction|direction]] of the [[wind]]. It is typically used as an architectural ornament to the highest point o ...

...[[propulsion]]. The ship is propelled, at least in part, by large powered vertical ''rotors'', sometimes known as ''rotor sails''. German engineer [[Anton Fle ...duces a force perpendicular to both the direction of the airstream and the axis of the rotor. ...