A morphing wind turbine blade control surface

ASME 2011 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 531-540

  Daynes, Stephen ^a   Weaver, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeroelasticity; Anisotropy; Composites; Load control; Morphing trailing edge; Variable camber; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROELASTICITY; ANISOTROPY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONTROL SURFACES; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; PRESS LOAD CONTROL; STRAIN; STRAIN ENERGY; TURBINE COMPONENTS; WIND TURBINES;

AERODYNAMIC CONTROL; AEROELASTIC ANALYSIS; CELLULAR STRUCTURE; LARGE DEFLECTION; MORPHING TRAILING EDGES; REDUCED ACTUATION; VARIABLE CAMBERS; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 84859554723     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/smasis2011-4961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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