Optimization model for rotor blades of horizontal axis wind turbines

Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering in China

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 483-488

  Liu, Xiong ^a   Chen, Yan ^a   Ye, Zhiquan ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Optimal design; Strip theory; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648832112     PISSN: 16733479     EISSN: 16733592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11465-007-0084-9     Document Type: Article

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