Aerodynamic and Structural Integrated Optimization Design of Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine Blades

A procedure based on MATLAB combined with ANSYS is presented and utilized for the aerodynamic and structural integrated optimization design of Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT) blades. Three modules are used for this purpose: an aerodynamic analysis module using the Blade Element Momentum (BEM) th...

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Main Authors: Jie Zhu, Xin Cai, Rongrong Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-01-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/2/66