Utility scale twist-flap coupled blade design

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 529-537

  Wetzel, Kyle K ^a  

^a Wetzel Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeroelastic; Carbon Fiber; Composites; Materials; Rotor; Rotor Blade; TwistFlap Coupling; Wind Turbine

Indexed keywords

CROSS-FIBER STRAIN; ROTOR BLADES; TWIST-FLAP COUPLING;

CARBON FIBERS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ROTORS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; VOLUME FRACTION; WIND TURBINES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 27744520699     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2037089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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