blade tip speed vs rotational speed

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Hi friends,

I was trying to understand the relation between nominal tip speed and nominal rotational speed. :slight_smile:

Is it such that nominal tip speed = nominal rotational speed * blade radius?

Thanks in advance for reply!

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I’m not sure what you mean by “nominal”, but for a rigid rotor, the tip speed is equal to the rotor speed (in rad/s) times the perpendicular distance from the tip to the axis of rotation (this accounts for precone).