2007-09-21 09:59:41 · 8 answers · asked by andrew r 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Probably nothing serious.
Wind turbines are designed to handle powerful wind gusts, storms, and bird strikes, so something like a beach ball wouldn't cause any damage.....
2007-09-21 10:07:35 · answer #1 · answered by WOMBAT, Manliness Expert 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As you're speaking hypothetically, the height of the windmill is irrelevant.
As modern wind-turbines have such huge diameters and generally, only 3 blades in addition to a fairly slow rotation, the beachball would probably miss the blades as it would accelerate as it comes close to the blades...(There's turbulence and a pressure drop as the wind velocity is increasing as it nears the blades).
2007-09-21 14:27:15 · answer #2 · answered by Norrie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The turbine blades are a couple of hundred feet off the ground. If you could throw a beach ball that well you should get in touch with some major league baseball scouts to demonstrate that pitching arm.
2007-09-21 12:43:08 · answer #3 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably nothing at all.
Those turbine blades turn too slowly to damage a ball if it were even possible for the ball to strike a blade. My bet would be that if you could even get the ball near a blade that the air currents would carry the ball around the blade and it would not even be struck.
2007-09-21 16:20:30 · answer #4 · answered by gatorbait 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The owner of the wind turbine would probably be very annoyed at you, and may have you arrested.
Don't do it.
2007-09-23 09:04:12 · answer #5 · answered by tm314159 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'd have yet another Beach Boy fan?
2007-09-21 10:07:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The ball would break.
2007-09-21 10:40:06 · answer #7 · answered by Onin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This would create a nuclear explosion.
2007-09-21 10:17:24 · answer #8 · answered by bagofmilk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋