Design, manufacture and testing of a bend-twist d-spar

37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 43-52

  Ong, Cheng Huat ^a   Wang, Julie ^a   Tsai, Stephen W ^a  

^a 496 Lomita Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; NANOCANTILEVERS; TURBINE COMPONENTS; WIND TURBINES;

AEROELASTIC TAILORING; BEND-TWIST COUPLING; ENERGY CAPTURE; FABRICATION TOOLING; LOAD MITIGATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 84983133899     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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