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⚡ Wind Turbine Rotor and Stream Tube: 2D Simulation

Interactive 2D wind turbine model: spin the rotor by hand, drag the wind-speed handle, and watch the actuator-disc stream tube slow and widen behind the rotor while live Cp, Betz-limit and power graphs update.

Physics & Mechanics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

Details

CategoryPhysics & Mechanics

RenderingCanvas 2D

DifficultyModerate

Target FPS60

ControlsSliders for wind speed, blade pitch, yaw error, generator load, rotor radius, air density and time warp; scenario presets (calm, rated, feathered, yawed, storm); drag the rotor to spin it, drag the orange handle to change wind speed, click the ground for a gust; pause, step, brake and reset.

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⚙ Under the hood

wind turbinerenewable energyBetz limittip-speed ratioaerodynamics

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