Deformable trailing edge flaps for modern megawatt wind turbine controllers using strain gauge sensors

Wind Energy

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 193-206

  Andersen, Peter Bjoern ^a   Henriksen, Lars ^a   Gaunaa, Mac ^a   Bak, Christian ^a   Buhl, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Deformable trailing edge geometry; Optimization; Strain gauge measurement; Wind turbine control

Indexed keywords

AEROSERVOELASTICITY; CONTROLLERS; DEFORMATION; FLAPS; LOADS (FORCES); OPTIMIZATION; STRAIN GAGES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND; WIND TURBINES;

CONTROLLER-INTEGRATED; DEFORMABLE TRAILING EDGE FLAPS; FATIGUE LOAD REDUCTION; GAUGE MEASUREMENTS; HIGH-FREQUENCY EXCITATION; STABILITY AND ROBUSTNESS; TRAILING EDGE GEOMETRIES; WIND TURBINE CONTROL;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

CONTROL SYSTEM; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SENSOR; SIMULATION; STRAIN ANALYSIS; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77950610005     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.371     Document Type: Article

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