Performance prediction of wind turbines utilizing passive smart blades: Approaches and evaluation

Wind Energy

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 255-265

  Maheri, Alireza ^a   Isikveren, Askin T ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive blade; Aero structure simulation; Smart blade; Wind turbine design; Wind turbine simulation

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DEFORMATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WIND; WIND TURBINES;

ADAPTIVE BLADES; SMART BLADES; STRUCTURE SIMULATIONS; TURBINE DESIGNS; WIND TURBINE SIMULATION;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

AERODYNAMICS; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC PROPERTY; SIMULATION; TORSION; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 77950621699     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.340     Document Type: Article

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