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To: spunkets

Windmill power = K*airdensity*rotorarea*velocity^3.

Want to bet dinner on it?

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1,529 posted on 08/28/2005 11:29:34 PM PDT by John Jamieson (Hybrids are a highway around CAFE, that's all they're good for.)

To: John Jamieson

"Windmill power = K*airdensity*rotorarea*velocity^3."

Your equation for wind power is P = K*m*v²/t

Your scaling of 1/vol * area allows you to write v³.

1,626 posted on 08/28/2005 11:44:31 PM PDT by spunkets

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