yaw angle

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wind turbine

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the angle between the direction something is facing and a reference direction

Heather Shaw

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Heather Shaw

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the angle between the direction something is facing and a reference direction

The yaw angle is the angle between the direction of something and a reference heading (normally true or magnetic North). One of the Tait-Bryan angles. In aeronautics, robotics and marine control, it is typically assigned the shorthand notation ψ.[1]

Further information: Flight dynamics
And for Automotive vehicle control

Further information: Electronic stability control

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Note added at 6 mins (2008-09-22 13:44:43 GMT)
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I should have said, the angle between the line of direction something is facing or moving and a directional line of reference...

Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaw_angle

Peer comment(s):

agree	Jack Doughty 7 mins
	thanks
neutral	Ken Cox : The difference in the X,Y plane (the horizontal plane for a ground-based structure) between the actual orientation (or heading) and a reference orientation (or heading) -- which in the case of a wind turbine is usually the current wind direction 8 mins
	excellent way of explaining it :) thanks
agree	Gary D : the angle off the perpendicular,all up-market new cars now have a Yaw controller for cornering, just menitioned this as there is more written about them, then the ones on Turbines. 17 hrs
agree	Phong Le 1 day 12 hrs

4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."

English term

yaw angle

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the angle between the direction something is facing and a reference direction

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