Materials and innovations for large blade structures: Research opportunities in wind energy technology

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ashwill, Thomas D ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CURRENT RESEARCHES; ENERGY DEPENDENCY; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES; TURBINE INSTALLATION; WIND ELECTRICITY GENERATION; WIND ENERGY; WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENERGY POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; INNOVATION; RESEARCH; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84855620426     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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