A simple algorithm to modify an ordinary wind turbine blade to an adaptive one

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2006, EWEC 2006

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1195-1202

  Maheri, Alireza ^a   Noroozi, Siamak ^a   Toomer, Chris ^a   Vinney, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive blade; Elastic coupling; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BLADES; BEND-TWIST COUPLING; ELASTIC COUPLING; HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; REALISTIC MODEL; ROTOR AERODYNAMICS; SIMPLE ALGORITHM; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

ALGORITHMS; EXHIBITIONS; LOADING; WIND POWER;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 84876553534     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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