Parameter sensitivities affecting the flutter speed of a MW-sized blade

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 538-543

  Lobitz, Don W ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical Flutter; Flutter Parameter Sensitivity; Wind Turbine Blade

Indexed keywords

AIRSPEED; FLUTTER SPEED; PARAMETER SENSITIVITIES;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TURBINES;

FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS);

EID: 27744462004     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2037091     Document Type: Conference Paper

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