Design of wind turbine tower and foundation systems: optimization approach

A renewed commitment in the United States and abroad to electricity from renewable resources, such as wind, along with the recent deployment of very large turbines that rise to new heights, makes obtaining the most efficient and safe designs of the structures that support them ever more important. T...

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Main Author: Nicholson, John Corbett
Other Authors: Arora, Jasbir S.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2011
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Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1042
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2427&context=etd