Part-load performance of twist-coupled flexible turbine blade at low Reynolds number

ECOS 2009 - 22nd International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1221-1228

  Beyene, Asfaw ^a   Mangalekar, Dhananjay ^a  

^a AGC Paul S Roel Chair in Construction Engineering and Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive motion; Energy; Flexible blade; Part load; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROELASTICITY; AIRFOILS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VORTEX FLOW; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WIND TURBINES;

ADAPTIVE MOTION; AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; AEROELASTIC BEHAVIOR; AIRFOIL AERODYNAMICS; ENERGY; FLEXIBLE BLADES; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; PART LOAD;

TURBINE COMPONENTS;

EID: 84925047346     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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