A comparison of wind turbine design loads in different environments using inverse reliability techniques

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1060-1068

  Saranyasoontorn, Korn ^a   Manuel, Lance ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Inverse FORM; LRFD; Nominal Loads; Structural Reliability; Wind Turbine Design Loads

Indexed keywords

INVERSE FORM; LOAD AND RESISTANCE FACTOR DESIGN (LRFD); NOMINAL LOADS; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY; WIND TURBINE DESIGN LOADS;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BENDING MOMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; RELIABILITY THEORY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TURBULENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 12344326743     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1796971     Document Type: Article

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