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C<br />

Rotor design tool<br />

The rotor design tool enables iterative calculation of aerodynamic flow conditions, forces,<br />

blade shape and performance. It is used in the calculation of all numeric and graphed re-<br />

sults reported in the main report and in the appendices. The tool is programmed in Micro-<br />

soft Excel, making it difficult to fully document the code in this project thesis. Reference is<br />

therefore made to electronic version available on the CD-rom, enclosed as att. 2. The code<br />

is based on the theory of appendix B.1 and B.2, as well as code originating from [46].<br />

The design tool divides the rotor into 8 annular elements. The inner element constitutes<br />

only 1.6 % of the total swept rotor area and it is empirically dispensed from the calcula-<br />

tions under the assumption that this element only contains the hub of the rotor and no<br />

blades. Neglecting the inner part of the rotor is without any noticeable consequences on<br />

the power output. Figure C.1 shows the remaining 7 elements of a blade.<br />

Figure C.1: Blade divided into blade elements<br />

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