Effects of aeroelastic tailoring on performance characteristics of wind turbine systems

Renewable Energy

Volumn 114, Issue , 2017, Pages 887-903

  Scott, Samuel ^a   Capuzzi, Marco ^a   Langston, David ^a   Bossanyi, Ervin ^b   McCann, Graeme ^b   Weaver, Paul M ^a   Pirrera, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DNV GL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aeroelastic tailoring; Bend twist coupling; Composites; Load alleviation; Variable stiffness; Wind turbine blade

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTICITY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TURBINE COMPONENTS; WIND TURBINES;

AEROELASTIC TAILORING; BEND-TWIST COUPLING; LOAD ALLEVIATION; VARIABLE STIFFNESS; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

AIRCRAFT; COMPOSITE; DESIGN; FATIGUE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SMOOTHING; STIFFNESS; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 85026489852     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.06.048     Document Type: Article

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