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Thanks, Jerome. It's already useful to know that there
is a "decoupling between" damage to the rotors and damage to the turbines. Rotors cost less to replace than turbines, I suppose.

Hannah K. O'Luthon

by Hannah K OLuthon on Fri Oct 21st, 2005 at 08:33:06 AM EST
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I believe it is more likely that the whole turbine topples than damage to just the rotors. When wind speed is too high, the blades are turned parallel to the wind - then, the structural stress is relatively small, while most of the wind pressure is contributed by the tower and nacelle. The images of damaged turbines I saw were such - e.g.:

(This one didn't shut down during a storm)

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri Oct 21st, 2005 at 09:56:46 AM EST
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