Predicting ultimate loads for wind turbine design

37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 355-364

  Madsen, Peter Hauge ^a   Pierce, Kirk ^b   Buhl, Marshall ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; EXTRAPOLATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND TURBINES;

NON-GAUSSIAN RESPONSE; SAFETY REQUIREMENTS; STATISTICAL MODELING; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY; STATISTICAL VARIATIONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESS MODEL; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS SIMULATION; TURBINE DESIGNS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 84983099837     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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