Wind turbine aerodynamics and loads control in wind shear flow

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1424-1434

  Shen, Xin ^a   Zhu, Xiaocheng ^a   Du, Zhaohui ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Airloads; Individual pitch control (IPC); Wind shear; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE DAMAGE; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; ROTORS; SHEAR FLOW; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ACTIVE CONTROL; AIRLOADS; BLADE PITCH; BLADE ROOTS; DRIVE TRAIN; FATIGUE LOADS; FREE WAKE MODEL; INDIVIDUAL PITCH CONTROL; INDIVIDUAL PITCH CONTROL (IPC); LIFTING SURFACES; ROTOR DISCS; TIME MARCHING; TURBINE COMPONENTS; TWO DIRECTIONS; WIND SHEAR; WIND SHEARS; WIND TURBINE AERODYNAMICS;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

AERODYNAMICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SHEAR FLOW; WIND SHEAR; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 79952193095     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.01.028     Document Type: Article

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