Load alleviation through adaptive trailing edge control surfaces: ADAPWING overview

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2007, EWEC 2007

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 22-29

  Buhl, Thomas ^a   Bak, Christian ^a   Gaunaa, Mac ^a   Andersen, Peter B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Load alleviation; Trailing edge flaps; Wind tunnel test

Indexed keywords

LOAD ALLEVIATION; LOAD REDUCTION POTENTIAL; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; TRAILING EDGE FLAPS; TRAILING EDGE GEOMETRIES; TRAILING-EDGE CONTROL SURFACES; WIND TUNNEL TESTS;

EXHIBITIONS; WIND POWER;

CONTROL SURFACES;

EID: 84875305001     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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