Wind turbine blade design

Energies

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3425-3449

  Schubel, Peter J ^a   Crossley, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic; Betz limit; Blade design; Blade loads; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; EFFICIENCY; TURBINE COMPONENTS; WIND TURBINES;

AERODYNAMIC DESIGNS; BETZ LIMIT; BLADE DESIGN; BLADE LOADS; HORIZONTAL AXIS; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 84866542714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en5093425     Document Type: Review

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