Load control for turbine blades: A non-traditional microtab approach

2002 ASME Wind Energy Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 321-330

  Yen Nakafuji, D T ^a   van Dam, C P ^a,b,c   Michel, J ^a,d   Morrison, P ^a,c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering ^*  (United States)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; DRAG; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; FLOW CONTROL; LIFT; LOADS (FORCES); TURBINE COMPONENTS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ACTIVE LOAD CONTROL; AERODYNAMIC BENEFITS; AERODYNAMIC PHENOMENA; AERONAUTICAL APPLICATIONS; FLOW CONTROL TECHNIQUES; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DESIGNS; WIND TURBINE AIRFOILS; WIND TURBINE ROTORS;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 84894445156     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/wind2002-54     Document Type: Conference Paper

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