Gyroscopic moments on small wind turbine blades at high yaw rates

Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Wilson, S V R ^a   Clausen, P D ^a   Wood, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coriolis acceleration; Cyclic loading; Gyroscopic moments; Small wind turbines; Wind turbine safety; Yaw dynamics

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC LOADS; DATA ACQUISITION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TURBINES;

CORIOLIS ACCELERATION; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; GYROSCOPIC MOMENTS; HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; ROOT BENDING MOMENT; SMALL WIND TURBINE; SMALL WIND TURBINE BLADES; YAW DYNAMICS;

TURBINE COMPONENTS;

EID: 52949096483     PISSN: 14484846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14484846.2008.11464529     Document Type: Article

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