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� Angle of attack [°]<br />

�st Angle of attack at the onset of stall [°]<br />

� Pitch angle of the blade to rotor plane [°]<br />

�f Furling angle [°]<br />

� Angle of relative wind to rotor axis [°]<br />

�f Partial safety factor for load [-]<br />

�m Partial safety factor for material [-]<br />

� Range [-]<br />

NOMENCLATURE<br />

�h Height difference [mm]<br />

� Efficiency [-]<br />

� Shear stress [MPa]<br />

� Tip-speed ratio [-]<br />

�50 Tip-speed ratio at Ve50 [-]<br />

� Poisson’s ratio [-]<br />

�m Mean value [-]<br />

� Kinematic viscosity of air, assumed 14e-6 [m 2 /s]<br />

� Air density, assumed 1.225 [kg/m 3 ]<br />

� w Wood density [kg/m 3 ]<br />

� water Water density, assumed 1000 [kg/m 3 ]<br />

�’ Solidity ratio [-]<br />

�design Design stress from load case [MPa]<br />

�eq Equivalent stress [MPa]<br />

�lim.f Fatigue limit state stress [MPa]<br />

�lim.u Ultimate limit state stress [MPa]<br />

� Angle of relative wind to rotor plane [°]<br />

�st Standard deviation [-]<br />

� Angular speed of the rotor [rad/s]<br />

�yaw Yaw rate [rad/s]<br />

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