Alternative composite materials for megawatt-scale wind turbine blades: Design considerations and recommended testing

41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Griffin, Dayton A ^a   Ashwill, Thomas D ^b  

^a Global Energy Concepts LLC   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

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