Georges Jean Marie Darrieus Explained

Georges Jean Marie Eugene Darrieus
Birth Date:1888 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Toulon, France
Death Place:Houilles, France
Work Institutions:Compagnie Électro-Mécanique
Alma Mater:École Centrale Paris
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Known For:Darrieus–Landau instability
Darrieus wind turbine

Georges Jean Marie Darrieus (24 September 1888 – 15 July 1979) was a French aeronautical engineer in the 20th century. He invented the Darrieus rotor, a wind turbine capable of operating from any direction and under adverse weather conditions, and the vertical-axis giromill.

The invention is described in the 1931 .

Biography

In World War I, Georges Darrieus was appointed as the artilley captain in 1917.

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