Predicting the long term distribution of extreme loads from limited duration data: Comparing full integration and approximate methods

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 378-386

  Fitzwater, LeRoy M ^a   Cornell, C Allin ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME LOAD EVENTS; LOAD DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; WIND SPEEDS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; TURBULENCE; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TURBINES;

DYNAMIC LOADS;

EID: 33845365110     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1509768     Document Type: Article

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