A novel adaptive blade concept for large-scale wind turbines. Part I: Aeroelastic behaviour

Energy

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-24

  Capuzzi, M ^a   Pirrera, A ^a   Weaver, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeroelastic tailoring; Wind turbine blade design; Yielded power maximisation

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROELASTICITY; LOADING; TURBINE COMPONENTS; WIND TURBINES;

AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; AERODYNAMIC PRESSURE; AEROELASTIC BEHAVIOUR; AEROELASTIC TAILORING; ANNUAL ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; BEND-TWIST COUPLING; WIND TURBINE BLADES; YIELDED POWER MAXIMISATION;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

AERODYNAMICS; DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84905721594     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.06.044     Document Type: Article

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