wind turbine rotor design

A gravo-aeroelastically scaled wind turbine rotor at field-prototype scale with strict structural requirements
A new sub-scale field-prototype design solution is developed to realize the dynamics, structural response, and distributed loads …
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Aero-Structural Design For a 3.4 MW Wind Turbine Using Plasma Actuator Based Load Control
The last few decades have seen a significant growth in wind turbine size and capacity. Due to larger rotors, blades experience higher …
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System-level design studies for large rotors
textlessptextgreatertextlessstrongtextgreaterAbstract.textless/strongtextgreater We examine the effect of rotor design choices on the …
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Aero-Structural Design Study of Extreme-Scale Segmented Ultralight Morphing Rotor Blades
In this paper we present a study to explore the design space of aero-structural performance of extreme-scale wind turbine blades. …
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Design and Testing of a Scaled Demonstrator Turbine at the National Wind Technology Center
This paper discusses the design, manufacturing, and planned testing of a scaled demonstrator turbine as part of the Segmented …
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Flutter Predictions in the Design of Extreme-Scale Segmented Ultralight Morphing Rotor Blades
With the increase in demand for and reduction in costs of clean energy, wind turbines offer a very promising solution. However, to make …
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Structural Design of a 1/5th Scale Gravo-Aeroelastically Scaled Wind Turbine Demonstrator Blade for Field Testing
This paper presents the structural design of a 21-meter 1/5th scale SUMR demonstrator (SUMR-D) blade, which was designed to replicate …
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Assessment of flutter prediction and trends in the design of large-scale wind turbine rotor blades
With the progression of novel design, material and manufacturing technologies, the wind energy industry has successfully produced …
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