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Note: If you ever want to learn how to CAD your own wind turbine blade in SolidWorks, we recommend you take a look at this very nice guide! Credits to Nathaniel Gilbert, former Cornell MAE M.Eng student.

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Overview of Current Geometry

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In this video, we show you how to correctly orient the blade given the pitch angle specification and we show you how to translate the blade so that the global axis becomes at center of rotation (center of hub).

It is not necessary to have strong background in wind power technology to follow this tutorial since it is mostly a tutorial about how to perform an FSI simulation in ANSYS. However,  have a basic understanding of wind turbine blade design and aerodynamics is suggested. It would be a good idea to know why blades are twisted for example. The following video starts with a brief statement on how blades are oriented but it might be difficult to understand if you have never been exposed to this material. I found two good brief introductions on wind turbine blade design and I strongly suggest you spend a few minutes learning the basics of this fascinating topic. 

LearnEngineering - Wind Turbine Blade Design (Basic introduction, the video is very good)

 Schubel, P., & Crossley, R. (2012). Wind Turbine Blade Design Review. Wind Engineering, 365-388. (A more thorough introduction)

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