Fatigue load computation of wind turbine gearboxes by coupled finite element, multi-body system and aerodynamic analysis

Wind Energy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 395-413

  Heege, Andreas ^a   Betran, Jaunie ^a   Radovcic, Yvan ^a  

^a SAMTECH Iberica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aeroelasticity; Fatigue computation; Finite element method; Multi body system approach; Numerical simulation; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FATIGUE COMPUTATION; MULTI BODY SYSTEM APPROACH;

WIND TURBINES;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND TURBINES;

AERODYNAMICS; FATIGUE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOMENTUM; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 34948820286     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.226     Document Type: Article

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