A smart wind turbine blade using distributed plasma actuators for improved performance

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nelson, Robert C ^a   Corke, Thomas C ^a   Othman, Hesham ^a   Patel, Mehul P ^b   Vasudevan, Srikanth ^b   Ng, Terry ^b  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b Orbital Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; AERODYNAMIC CONTROL; AERODYNAMIC LOADING; AIRFOIL PROFILE; BLADE LOADING; CIRCULATION CONTROL; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; CONTROL SCHEMES; CONTROLLER MODULES; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; ENERGY CAPTURE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW CHANGES; GEOMETRIC CHANGES; INTEGRATED SENSORS; LEADING EDGE; LIFT COEFFICIENT; MOVING SURFACES; NOISE REDUCTIONS; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMAL POWER; PLASMA ACTUATOR; POWER COEFFICIENTS; TRAILING-EDGE FLAPS; TURBINE APPLICATIONS; TURBINE BLADE; UNSTEADY CONDITIONS; WIND GUST; WIND SPEED; WIND TURBINE AIRFOILS; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AIRFOILS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FLOW CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMAS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 77953520161     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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