Shape optimization of wind turbine blades

Wind Energy

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 781-803

  Wang, Xudong ^a,b   Shen, Wen Zhong ^b   Wei, Jun Zhu ^b   Jens, Nørkær Sørensen ^b   Chen, Jin ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aero elasticity; Aerodynamics; Blade optimization; Energy cost; Wind turbine design

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CODES (SYMBOLS); DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TURBINE COMPONENTS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TURBINES;

ANNUAL ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; BLADE-ELEMENT MOMENTUMS; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; ENERGY COST; OPTIMIZATION MODELING; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS; TURBINE DESIGNS;

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

AERODYNAMICS; ANNUAL VARIATION; ELASTIC PROPERTY; ENERGY BUDGET; OPTIMIZATION; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 71949124751     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.335     Document Type: Article

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