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Optimizing Wind Turbine Efficiency by Deformable Structures in Smart Blades

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This article is published in Journal of Energy Resources Technology-transactions of The Asme.The article was published on 2015-09-01. It has received 24 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Turbine & Wind power.

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Precision Computation of Wind Turbine Power Upgrades: An Aerodynamic and Control Optimization Test Case

TL;DR: In this article, a general method is formulated for assessing the wind turbine power upgrades using operational data based on the study of the residuals between the measured power output and a judicious model of the power output itself, before and after the upgrade.
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Bioinspired turbine blades offer new perspectives for wind energy

TL;DR: In this paper, a new type of bio-inspired wind turbine using elastic blades, which passively deform through the air loading and centrifugal effects, is presented, inspired from recent studies on insect flight and plant reconfiguration.
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Design and Optimization of Composite Offshore Wind Turbine Blades

TL;DR: In this paper, the optimal design of a composite offshore wind turbine blade was determined through a parametric study by using a finite element method, where the skin thickness, thickness and width of the spar flange, and thickness, location and length of the front and rear spar web were varied until design criteria were satisfied.
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Wind turbines : fundamentals, technologies, application, economics

Erich Hau
TL;DR: In this article, the basic concepts of wind energy converters are discussed and the physical principles of wind Energy conversion are discussed, as well as the physical and structural properties of wind turbines.
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Shape morphing of aircraft wing: Status and challenges

TL;DR: The use of SMA-actuated structures in shape morphing wing designs reduces the weight penalty due to the actuation systems, because such SMAactuated structure carries aerodynamic loads as mentioned in this paper.
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Review of state of the art in smart rotor control research for wind turbines

TL;DR: A review of the state of the art and present status of active aeroelastic rotor control research for wind turbines is presented in this paper, where the authors discuss the potential of load reduction using smart rotor control concepts.
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Concepts for morphing airfoil sections using bi-stable laminated composite structures

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the potential of using bi-stable laminated composite structures for morphing an airfoil section and proposed three concepts that focus on morphing a flap-like structure and the camber and chord of an aerodynamic section.