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NOMENCLATURE<br />

Lgs Distance between upper guy wire and rotor axis [mm]<br />

Lrb Distance between rotor centre and first bearing [mm]<br />

Lrt Distance between the rotor centre and the yaw axis [mm]<br />

LTB Distance between tower and blade [mm]<br />

M Moment [Nm]<br />

mB Blade mass [kg]<br />

mr Rotor mass incl. generator [kg]<br />

MS Shaft bending moment at the first bearing [Nm]<br />

Mst Starting torque in thrust bearing [Nmm]<br />

MT Tower moment [Nm]<br />

mv Mass of tail [kg]<br />

MxB Blade root bending moment [Nm]<br />

MxS Torsion moment on the rotor shaft at the first bearing [Nm]<br />

MyB Blade root bending moment [Nm]<br />

n Rotational speed [rpm]<br />

nb Number of bolts [-]<br />

p Bearing contact pressure [MPa]<br />

Pave Average Power [W]<br />

pd Dynamic pressure [bar]<br />

Pg Electrical power from generator [W]<br />

Pr Rotor power [W]<br />

Q Rotor torque [Nm]<br />

r Radial coordinate [m]<br />

R Radius of the rotor [m]<br />

RB Bearing reaction force [N]<br />

Rcog Distance between COG of a blade and the rotor centre [m]<br />

Rdw Reaction force from dead-weight [N]<br />

Re Reynolds number [-]<br />

Rtf Reaction force from thrust [N]<br />

Td Design life [yr]<br />

V Wind speed [m/s]<br />

Vave Annual average wind speed at hub height [m/s]<br />

Vdesign Design wind speed defined as 1.4Vave [m/s]<br />

Ve50 Extreme wind speed with a recurrence time interval of 50 years [m/s]<br />

Vhub Wind speed at hub height averaged over 10 min [m/s]<br />

Vref Reference wind speed [m/s]<br />

Vtip Speed of the blade tip [m/s]<br />

W Relative wind speed [m/s]<br />

Wr Work performed by furling rotor [J]<br />

WS Section modulus of shaft [mm 3 ]<br />

WT Section modulus of tower [mm 3 ]<br />

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