Multi-flexible-body dynamic analysis of horizontal-axis wind turbines

20th 2001 ASME Wind Energy Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Patil, Mayuresh J ^a,b,c   Lee, Donghoon ^a,b   Hodges, Dewey H ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b School of Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; RIGID STRUCTURES; WIND POWER;

DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; DYNAMIC STABILITY ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; MIXED VARIATIONAL FORMULATION; MULTI FLEXIBLE BODY DYNAMICS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES AND MODES; PERIODIC COEFFICIENTS; STEADY STATE SOLUTION;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 85085777616     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-64     Document Type: Conference Paper

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