546  Index 
Site selection  161 
Slip 385 
- control  437 
- manipulation  437 
- ring rotor  385 
- ring rotor induction machine  393 
- ring asynchronous generator  436 
SODAR 159 
Soil spring stiffness  320 
Solidity 184 
Spatial and temporal scale  127 
Specific annual energy yield  512 
Specific electricity generation costs  511 
Specific nacelle mass  108 
Specific speed  336 
Specific torque  109 
Spectral representation  138 
Spoiler 406 
Spring sails  25 
Spur gears  79 
Squirrel-cage rotor  385, 433 
- induction machine  393 
Stand-alone operation  428, 443 
Stand-alone wind turbine  451 
Standard for windturbines  307 
- IEC 61400  149, 308 
Star connection  382, 433 
Star point  381 
Start-up  212, 217, 222, 225 
- range of Ȝ < Ȝ
D
  232 
Steam engine  28 
Step-up converter  397, 439 
Strain analysis  325 
Streamline 250, 253 
-from a CFD simulation  254 
Structural damping  327 
Structural dynamics  272 
Subcritical operation  287 
Sub-synchronous 440 
Sub-system 294 
Suction side  176 
SÜDWIND 443 
Supercritical operation  287 
Super-synchronous 440 
Supervisory system  435, 400 
Surface boundary layer  119 
Surface contour  124 
Surface inclination  161 
Surface roughness  119 
Switching-on procedure  472 
Synchronisation 377 
Synchronous machine  376, 380, 438 
Synthetic S/N curve  323 
T 
Take-over 503 
Tangential force  182 
Technological development  11 
Teetering hinge  59 
Teetering hub  63 
Tensile stress  262 
Terrain inclination  153 
Thermal engine  114 
Thermal stratification  119 
Three point support  74, 75 
Three-bladed rotor  277 
Three-dimensional effect  240 
Three-dimensional wind velocity field  62 
Three-phase alternator  363 
Three-phase machine  380 
Thrust 171, 221, 260 
- coefficient  145, 212 
- coefficient for different pitch angles  228 
- coefficient versus tip speed  
  ratio  214, 216 
- force  210 
Thyristor 366, 394, 434 
Tilting rotor  420 
Time history  138 
- of vibration excitation  273 
Time serie  300 
Time per revolution  280 
Tip loss  188, 190 
Tip speed  50 
Tip speed ratio  26, 49, 257 
Tip spoiler  432 
Topography 161 
- description  122 
Torque  210, 221, 260, 372, 378 
- and speed converter  77 
- coefficient  212 
- coefficient for different pitch angles  227 
- coefficient versus tip speed  
  ratio  214, 216 
- of a centrifugal pump  348 
- of a piston pump  348 
- speed characteristic  391 
Torsional damper  293 
Torsional spring  293 
Total blade twist  200 
Total twist angle  197 
Tower  94 
- analysis  317 
- dam  278 
- design, soft  96 
- design, stiff  96 
- mill  21