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The rotation of the blade tips is limited in absolute terms by the speed of sound.

Divide the speed of sound by three times the diameter of the blade to get the maximum RPM allowed (of the order of tens thousand for a vacuum cleaner, of the order of a hundred for a wind turbine).

So, in what may be my last act of "advising", I'll advise you to cut the jargon. -- My old PhD advisor, to me, 26/2/11

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Mar 3rd, 2011 at 12:42:31 PM EST
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