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