Development of prototype carbon-fiberglass wind turbine blades: Conventional and twist-coupled designs

Collection of ASME Wind Energy Symposium Technical Papers AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-12

  Griffin, Dayton A ^a   Berry, Derek ^b   Zuteck, Michael D ^c   Ashwill, Thomas D ^d  

^a Global Energy Concepts LLC   (United States)

^b TPI Composites Inc   (United States)

^c MDZ Consulting   (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST OF ENERGY (COE); COST REDUCTIONS; FIBERGLASSES; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE;

AIRFOILS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; OPTIMIZATION; POISSON RATIO; PRODUCT DESIGN; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TURBINES;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 3142679247     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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