Wind shear and turbulence effects on rotor fatigue and loads control

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 402-409

  Eggers Jr , A J ^a   Digumarthi, R ^a   Chaney, K ^a  

^a RANN Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTORS; TORQUE; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TURBULENCE; WIND EFFECTS;

HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; LOADS CONTROL; ROTOR FATIQUE; TURBULENCE EFFECTS; WIND SHEAR;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 0346342967     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1629752     Document Type: Article

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