Increased rotor size through passive load control and weight reduction concepts

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009, EWEC 2009

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 836-866

  Paquette, J A ^a   Veers, P S ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeroelastic tailoring; Carbon fiber; Flatback airfoils; Passive load alleviation; Twist bend coupling; Wind turbine blade

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC SYSTEMS; AEROELASTIC TAILORING; CAPITAL COSTS; DESIGN CONCEPT; ENERGY CAPTURE; EQUIVALENT LOAD; FIELD TEST; LOAD ALLEVIATION; LOAD-SHEDDING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROELASTICITY; AIRFOILS; CARBON FIBERS; EXHIBITIONS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84870017031     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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