Towards multidisciplinary design optimization capability of horizontal axis wind turbines

Research into advanced wind turbine design has shown that load alleviation strategies like bend-twist coupled blades and coned rotors could reduce costs. However these strategies are based on nonlinear aero-structural dynamics providing additional benefits to components beyond the blades. These inno...

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Main Author: McWilliam, Michael Kenneth
Other Authors: Crawford, Curran
Language:English
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Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/6441