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A Survey on Non-Destructive Smart Inspection of Wind Turbine Blades Based on Industry 4.0 Strategy
Applied Mechanics, 2022 Wind turbines are known to be the most efficient method of green energy production, and wind turbine blades (WTBs) are known as a key component of the wind turbine system, with a major influence on the efficiency of the entire system. Wind turbine blades
Mariya Dimitrova +5 more
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Modelling the aerodynamics of vertical-axis wind turbines in unsteady wind conditions [PDF]
, 2013 Most numerical and experimental studies of the performance of vertical-axis wind turbines have been conducted with the rotors in steady, and thus somewhat artificial, wind conditions - with the result that turbine aerodynamics, under varying wind ...
Brown +8 more
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Numerical Simulation of Fluid-Structure Coupling for a Multi-Blade Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine
Applied Sciences, 2023 The aerodynamic characteristics of the vertical-axis wind turbine with three, four, five, and six blades are studied numerically. A coupling model of fluid flow and solid turbine blade is established to model the interactions between air and wind turbine.
Xiao Zhang, Maosheng Zheng
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Research on Structural Failure Analysis and Strengthening Design of Offshore Wind Turbine Blades
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022 The existing blade protection mechanisms are highly dependent on the control system and its power supply. Safety of offshore wind turbines cannot be guaranteed under extreme weather when the control protection mechanisms fail.
Xiaohan Fu, Meiping Sheng
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Time domain analysis method for aerodynamic noises from wind turbine blades
Journal of Hebei University of Science and Technology, 2015 The issue of the aerodynamic noises from wind turbine blades affecting the surrounding residents life begins to attract researcher's attention. Most of the existing researches are based on CFD software or experimental data fitting method to analyze the ...
Hua ZHAO +3 more
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Wind Turbine Blade Structural Efficiency [PDF]
53rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference<BR>20th AIAA/ASME/AHS Adaptive Structures Conference<BR>14th AIAA, 2012 Alternative structural layouts for wind turbine blades are investigated with the aim to improve their design, minimize weight and reduce the cost of wind energy. To obtain the new concepts, topology optimization is performed on a 45 m wind turbine blade.
Neil Buckney +3 more
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The concept of segmented wind turbine blades : a review [PDF]
, 2017 There is a trend to increase the length of wind turbine blades in an effort to reduce the cost of energy (COE). This causes manufacturing and transportation issues, which have given rise to the concept of segmented wind turbine blades.
Degroote, Joris +3 more
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Wind turbine blade waste in 2050
Waste Management, 2017 Wind energy has developed rapidly over the last two decades to become one of the most promising and economically viable sources of renewable energy. Although wind energy is claimed to provide clean renewable energy without any emissions during operation, but it is only one side of the coin.
Liu, P, Barlow, CY
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Modelling and analysis of aeroelastic tailoring blade wind turbine systems [PDF]
, 2017 Modelling and performance analysis of wind turbine control systems with aeroelastic tailoring blades (ATBs) are investigated. An industrial scale horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) model with rigid blades is firstly developed as the baseline model using
Binti Hussain, Rohaida +3 more
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Rekayasa Mesin, 2020 Wind energy was one of the renewable energy alternatives with the biggest potential in Indonesia to be used as a power plant. Balikpapan is an area with extensive coastal areas with great wind potential.
Illa Rizianiza, Diky Herfandi
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