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Georges Jean Marie Darrieus

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Georges Jean Marie Eugene Darrieus
Born(1888-09-24)24 September 1888
Toulon, France
Died16 July 1979(1979-07-16) (aged 90)
Houilles, France
Alma materÉcole Centrale Paris
ENSEEIHT
Known forDarrieus–Landau instability
Darrieus wind turbine
Scientific career
InstitutionsCompagnie Électro-Mécanique

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 U.S. patent 1,835,018.

Biography

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

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