Course Material

Short Course on Aerodynamic Blade Design

Steady-State Aerodynamics Codes for HAWTs:
Their Use in Blade Design and Related Issues

With An Emphasis on PROPID

Michael S. Selig, James L. Tangler, and Philippe Giguère

Created on 9/3/99

Course Material

The course material includes Power Point presentations, and files related to PROPID.

Power Point Presentations

Part I: Blade Design Methods and Issues (9.7 MB)
Part II: PROPID
- Part IIa: Rotor Design Approaches (0.3 MB)
- Part IIb: Using PROPID for Analysis (0.3 MB)
- Part IIa: Using PROPID Inverse Design (0.4 MB)
Part III: Airfoil Data (0.7 MB)
Part IV: Blade Geometry Optimization (0.3 MB)

PROPID Files

PROPID and PROPIDplotter files (winzip file, 0.8 MB - unzip preferably in the root directory of your c drive)
PROPID Quick Reference Sheet
PROPID Warnings and Errors

Notes:

PROPID Version 3.4 was used for the course. It can be downloaded directly from http://www.uiuc.edu/~m-selig/propid .

All PROPID input files and airfoil data files are included in the zip file provided above.

PROPIDplotter is an Excel Interface for PROPID. This interface can be downloaded directly by clicking here.

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