A numerical study of atmospheric and wake turbulence impacts on wind turbine fatigue loadings

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Lee, S ^a   Churchfield, M J ^a   Moriarty, P J ^a   Jonkman, J ^a   Michalakes, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTIC RESPONSE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; FATIGUE LOADINGS; FATIGUE LOADS; ROTOR DIAMETER; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; TURBULENT WAKE; WAKE TURBULENCE;

AEROELASTICITY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LOADING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBINE COMPONENTS; WAKES; WIND TURBINES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84874038734     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023319     Document Type: Article

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