TurbSim: Reliability-based wind turbine simulator

IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Foley, Joseph T ^a   Gutowski, Timothy G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL AXIS; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; LARGE WIND TURBINES; LIFE-CYCLE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY INFORMATION; RELIABILITY SIMULATION; WIND FARMS; WIND INFORMATION; WIND TURBINE SIMULATORS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENGINES; FARMS; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; LIFE CYCLE; POWER GENERATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TECHNOLOGY; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

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EID: 51849088706     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562872     Document Type: Conference Paper

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