Extreme load estimation for wind turbines: Issues and opportunities for improved practice

20th 2001 ASME Wind Energy Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Veers, Paul S ^a   Butterfield, Sandy ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION; WIND POWER;

CRITICAL ISSUES; CURRENT PRACTICES; DESIGN LOAD; EXTREME LOADS; ON CURRENTS; STATISTICAL LOAD EXTRAPOLATION; STATISTICAL MODELING; WIND TURBINE LOADS;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 85087603497     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-44     Document Type: Conference Paper

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