Two methods for estimating aeroelastic damping of operational wind turbine modes from experiments

Wind Energy

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 179-191

  Hansen, M H ^a   Thomsen, K ^a   Fuglsang, P ^a   Knudsen, T ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Experimental method; Horizontal axis turbine; Mechanical vibration

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; ROTATION; TORQUE; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WIND TURBINES;

EXPERIMENTAL METHOD; HORIZONTAL AXIS TURBINES; MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS; MODAL FREQUENCIES;

DAMPING;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; ROTATION; TORQUE; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WIND TURBINES;

DAMPING; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 33244483103     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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