Usage of numerical optimization in wind turbine airfoil design

28th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Grasso, F ^a,b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Rotor and Farm Aerodynamics Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRFOILS; OPTIMIZATION; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TURBINES;

AERODYNAMIC DESIGNS; ENERGY CAPTURE; GRADIENT BASED ALGORITHM; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; KEY ELEMENTS; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; WIND TURBINE AIRFOILS;

TURBINE COMPONENTS;

EID: 78649527169     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-4404     Document Type: Conference Paper

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