Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jul 7, 2010 05:17
13 yrs ago
German term
Germany
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Native in: English (Variants: UK, British) 
Works in: German to English, English
Abstand
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Energy / Power Generation
wind power
From the risk analysis report of a rotor blade manufacturer.
"Mit zunehmend größeren Blättern werden auch die ***Abstände*** zu den kritischen Drehzahlen geringer. Eine Modellierung ist sehr aufwendig."
This looks like it should be easy, I'm just not sure how to translate "Abstand" here.
TIA for your help.
"Mit zunehmend größeren Blättern werden auch die ***Abstände*** zu den kritischen Drehzahlen geringer. Eine Modellierung ist sehr aufwendig."
This looks like it should be easy, I'm just not sure how to translate "Abstand" here.
TIA for your help.
Proposed translations
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53 mins
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margin
in the sense of design margin
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you both for your answers. This is what I chose in the end. Thanks, meirs!"
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2 hrs
rephrase
The larger the blades, the sooner will the critical rotational speed be reached/attained.
Peer comment(s):
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TechLawDC
: (i.e. the lower the c.r.s. in rpm's)
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Thank you, TechLawDC
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Roy Williams
: Based on the response to my question I would say that margin was more plausible
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Thanks, Roy Williams. Incidentally, Meirs has posted an answer above with 'margin' as a suggestion.
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Discussion
The heading of the section is "Aeroelastische Stabilität" and it goes on to talk about "Flattern und Divergieren" of the blade. Apart from that I don't have much more context for this particular sentence.