Computerized method for preliminary structural design of composite wind turbine blades

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 372-381

  Bir, Gunjit S ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 13544275289     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1413217     Document Type: Article

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