Scaling of composite wind turbine blades for rotors of 80 to 120 meter diameter

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 310-318

  Griffin, Dayton A ^a   Zuteck, Michael D ^b  

^a Global Energy Concepts LLC   (United States)

^b MDZ Consulting   (United States)

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EID: 13544255185     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1413215     Document Type: Article

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