Aerodynamic physics of smart load control for wind turbine due to extreme wind shear

Renewable Energy

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 204-210

  Zhang, Mingming ^a   Yu, Wei ^a   Xu, Jianzhong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THERMOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Extreme wind shear; Flow physics; Flow blade interaction; Smart blade control; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CHAINS; WIND TURBINES;

COLLECTIVE PITCH CONTROLS; DEFORMABLE TRAILING EDGE FLAPS; EXTREME WINDS; FLOW PHYSICS; FLOW-BLADE INTERACTION; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; SMART BLADES; SMART ROTOR CONTROLS;

SHEAR FLOW;

AERODYNAMICS; CONTROL SYSTEM; PHYSICS; WIND SHEAR; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84902546762     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.12.046     Document Type: Article

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