Some dynamic strain measurements from the blade of a small wind turbine

Wind Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-22

  Bechly, M E ^a   Clausen, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ROTORS; STRAIN GAGES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINES;

WIND TURBINES;

BLADE; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 0033369224     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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