A progress report on the characterization and modeling of a very flexible wind turbine design

37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Kelley, Neil D ^a   Wright, Alan D ^a   Osgood, Richard M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; WIND; WIND TURBINES;

ANALYTICAL SIMULATIONS; CYCLIC VARIATIONS; DESIGN STRUCTURE; DYNAMIC COMPLEXITY; FIELD MEASUREMENT; OUT-OF-PLANE BENDING; STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES; TURBINE STRUCTURES;

TURBINE COMPONENTS;

EID: 84983188875     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-52     Document Type: Conference Paper

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