Reliability of tidal stream turbine blades

Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering -Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1817-1822

  Val, D V ^a   Chernin, L ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TIDAL POWER; TURBINE COMPONENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND TURBINES;

HORIZONTAL AXIS; PARTIAL FACTOR; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIDAL STREAMS; TIDAL TURBINES; TURBINE BLADE; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 84856728521     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/b11332-270     Document Type: Conference Paper

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