cross spectra 247
cross spectrum 269
spectrum 241, 244
rotor blade theory 59
rotor disc 41
rotor hub 421
rotor locking 375
rotor thrust 305, 308, 345
power spectrum 306
rotor torque
fluctuations 306
standard deviation 308
rotor whirl modes 412
roughness length 19, 332
Runge-Kutta method 147
S–N curve 388, 391, 399, 403, 424, 429, 432, 458
safety 374
safety factor 459
safety factors, material 388, 392, 403, 447
partial 212
safety system 213, 471, 473
scarf joints 389
scuffing 437
seasonal variations 11
section modulus 405
self-excitation 594
self-tuning controllers 501
sensitivity 552
sensors 471, 502
shadow flicker 527
shaft brake 473
shaft gravity moment 297
shaft moment standard deviation 296
shaft moments 294
shaft tilt 232, 299, 392, 400
shear webs 380
shell structure 380
short-circuit or fault level 572
shutdown 472
simulations 255, 282, 404
wind 249, 271, 292, 401
single-bladed turbines 346
site investigations 517
site selection 512
size reduction factor 302, 320, 323
skew angle 103–109, 112, 133, 137
skin thickness 333, 339, 381
slab foundation 465
SLEDGE 359
sleeved joints 460
slip 372, 439
slip rings 363, 505
slip speed 364
slow voltage variations 573
Smith–Putnam 1
sociological aspects 527
soft towers 374
soft-start unit 588
solidity 51, 52, 63, 71, 125, 139, 174, 175, 176,
177, 338
sound power level, LW 528
sound pressure level, LP 528
spatial variation 26
specially orthotropic laminate 414
specific power 337
spectral analysis 284
spectral gap 12, 17
speed exclusion zones 485
speed-up factor 38
spheroidal graphite iron 418, 421, 445
splash lubrication 437
splice plates 460
spoilers 359
spur gears 436
square-cube law 329
stable 18
stable stratification 18
stall 41, 63, 65, 72, 74, 93, 94, 138, 139, 141, 168–
171, 173, 176, 178, 179, 181, 182, 183, 185, 200
delay 138, 139, 140, 231
regulation 179, 180, 181, 183, 185, 186, 189,
195, 201, 209, 489
stall control, passive 350
stall-regulated machines 300, 350, 381, 392, 400
stall-regulation 476
standard air conditions 195
star connection 571
start-up 472
state estimator 486, 502
stationary blade loading 219
stationary blade loads 398
Statistical Energy Analysis 436
statistical prediction 33
step response 497
step-by-step dynamic analysis 264, 271, 279, 292
step-by-step solution 277
stiff towers 374
stochastic loading 289
stochastic loads 228, 239, 255, 268, 296
stochastic rotor thrust fluctuations 306
stochastic tower bending moments 305
Stodola method 258, 260
strain gauges 492
strain-life regression Lines 386
stream-tube 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 67, 80, 119
strength-to-stiffness ratio 407
strength-to-weight ratio 381
structural damping 221, 262, 309, 407
structural loads 478
structural properties 381
sun gear 433
supervisory control 472
support mechanisms 555
surface roughness 18, 35
swept area 336
switch-fuse 593
symmetric laminate 413
synchronous generators 364
synchronous speed 438
synoptic variations 11, 16
tangential flow induction factor 47, 75, 83, 86,
95, 119
INDEX 615