Aero-elastic modelling of the active flap concept for load control

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 140-148

  Riziotis, Vasilis A ^a   Voutsinas, Spyros G ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aero elastic modelling; Deformable trailing edge geometry; Fatigue load control; Free wake modelling; Smart blade

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FLAPS; BLADE PITCH; BLADE SECTION; CLOSED LOOPS; CONTROL EQUATIONS; DYNAMIC EQUATIONS; FATIGUE LOADS; FLAP DEFLECTION; LEAD-LAG; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; ROTOR SPEED; SMART BLADES; TRAILING EDGE GEOMETRIES; VISCOUS EFFECT; VISCOUS-INVISCID INTERACTION; VORTEX METHODS;

EXHIBITIONS;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84870041566     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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