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 .

Darrieus is also known for introduction of laminated pressplates into the construction of the stators used in synchronous generators thus reducing the core losses.

Biography

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

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