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🌾 Steppe Windmill: Sails, Wind Power, Gearing and Millstones — 2D Torque Balance

2D companion of the wooden windmill lab: the velocity triangle and forces on a sail section, the turning sails, the torque balance that sets the stone speed, Cp and flour curves, using the same blade-element code as the 3D page.

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Steppe Windmill: Sails, Wind Power, Gearing and Millstones — 2D Torque Balance ↗ Open standalone
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2D companion of the wooden windmill lab: the velocity triangle and forces on a sail section, the turning sails, the torque balance that sets the stone speed, Cp and flour curves, using the same blade-element code as the 3D page.

WindmillWind PowerBetz LimitGear TrainBlade Element Theory

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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