Objectives and constraints for wind turbine optimization

51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Andrew Ning, S ^a   Damiani, Rick ^a   Moriarty, Patrick J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; MINIMIZING COSTS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PROCESS; OPTIMAL DIAMETERS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZED DESIGNS; STOCHASTIC NATURE; VARIABLE DIAMETER;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; DESIGN; STOCHASTIC MODELS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84881461888     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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