Analysis of alternative adaptive geometrical configurations for the NREL-5MW wind turbine blade

Renewable Energy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-22

  Lago, Lucas I ^a   Ponta, Fernando L ^a   Otero, Alejandro D ^a,b  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Blade adaptiveness; Blade aeroelastic modeling; Generalized Timoshenko model; Innovative BEM theory implementation; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVENESS; AEROELASTIC MODELING; ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES; BEM THEORIES; BLADE CONFIGURATIONS; COMPLEX STRUCTURAL PARTS; GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; TIMOSHENKO MODEL;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROELASTICITY; DEFORMATION; GEOMETRY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TURBINES;

TURBINE COMPONENTS;

AERODYNAMICS; FATIGUE; GEOMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84876321777     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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