Preliminary design of large wind turbine blades using layout optimization techniques

Collection of Technical Papers - 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference

Volumn 6, Issue , 2004, Pages 3945-3957

  Joncas, Simon ^a,b,c   De Ruiter, Marten Jan ^a,d   Van Keulen, Fred ^a,d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL TIME; LOAD PATHS; STRUCTURAL LAYOUTS; WIND FARMS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; TOPOLOGY; WIND TURBINES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 20344381190     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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