Innovative design approaches for large wind turbine blades

Wind Energy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-171

  Jackson, K J ^a   Zuteck, M D ^b   Van Dam, C P ^c,d   Standish, K J ^c   Berry, D ^a  

^a Dynamic Design Engineering Inc ^*  (United States)

^b MDZ Consulting   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trailing edge; Carbon fibre; Composite materials; Fibreglass; Root attachment; Rotor aerofoils; Structures

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRFOILS; CARBON FIBERS; ENERGY POLICY; MACHINE DESIGN; ROTORS;

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE); LOAD ESTIMATION; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

WIND TURBINES;

DESIGN; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 20544474054     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.128     Document Type: Article

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