Finite element modeling of wind turbine blades

Collection of the 2005 ASME Wind Energy Symposium Technical Papers at the 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 9-17

  Laird, Daniel L ^a,c   Montoya, Felicia C ^a,c   Malcolm, David J ^b,d  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Global Energy Concepts LLC   (United States)

^c Wind Energy Technology   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

MID-THICKNESS SHELL; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 28844450415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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