Exploding Windmill

Feuer Frei! · 11-12-13, 11:50 PM

Too much wind, spinning too quickly, safety mechanism(s) fail...end result:

http://twentytwowords.com/2013/11/04...or-a-windmill/

Wolferz · 11-13-13, 03:52 PM

Wind exceeded design specs.

Herr-Berbunch · 11-13-13, 05:30 PM

We had our own spectacular windy turbine a couple of years ago.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/...-fireball.html

I hope those blades that detached weren't made by Betonov.

Betonov · 11-13-13, 06:15 PM

The blades are too short to be mine

Herr-Berbunch · 11-13-13, 07:16 PM

Well they're certainly shorter now.

Betonov · 11-14-13, 02:41 AM

I hope what we designed last year won't break apart. Those blades are 3 times longer.

Jimbuna · 11-14-13, 03:29 AM

Can't control or always predict mother nature I guess.

Platapus · 11-14-13, 06:39 AM

It is also important to remember there there is a whole lotta force being generated by these rotors.

I suspect that people are working on designs that would automatically feather the rotors if the rpm exceeds a threshold.

Herr-Berbunch · 11-14-13, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

I suspect that people are working on designs that would automatically feather the rotors if the rpm exceeds a threshold.

They are already in existence, they're supposed to swing into-wind and feather (see the article I linked to).

Betonov · 11-14-13, 09:17 AM

Considering how fast it was rotating, how heavy those things are and how long it took to finaly break, those are some quality blades. I wonder if they were built by SSP technologies.

Herr-Berbunch · 11-14-13, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Betonov

I wonder if they were built by SSP technologies.

The turbine was built by Nordtank, and operated by Vestas, but can't find who manufactured the blades, but the farm was built in 1996 and SSP came into life five years later.

This occurred in 2008.

11-12-13, 11:50 PM	#1
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	Exploding Windmill Too much wind, spinning too quickly, safety mechanism(s) fail...end result: http://twentytwowords.com/2013/11/04...or-a-windmill/ __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

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Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Wind exceeded design specs. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	We had our own spectacular windy turbine a couple of years ago. http://www.newscientist.com/article/...-fireball.html I hope those blades that detached weren't made by Betonov. __________________

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Well they're certainly shorter now. __________________

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,308 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Can't control or always predict mother nature I guess. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-13-13, 06:15 PM	#4
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	The blades are too short to be mine

11-14-13, 02:41 AM	#6
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	I hope what we designed last year won't break apart. Those blades are 3 times longer.

11-14-13, 06:39 AM	#8
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,428 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	It is also important to remember there there is a whole lotta force being generated by these rotors. I suspect that people are working on designs that would automatically feather the rotors if the rpm exceeds a threshold. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-14-13, 09:17 AM	#10
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Considering how fast it was rotating, how heavy those things are and how long it took to finaly break, those are some quality blades. I wonder if they were built by SSP technologies.