Blade design aspects

Roger Scherer

Renewable Energy, 1999, vol. 16, issue 1, 1272-1277

Abstract: Blade design is split into aerodynamic and structural design. The challenge is to design rotor blades for different applications (stall/active stall/pitch regulated wind turbines and/or constant/variable speed) which are optimised in weight and aerodynamic performance. The usage of advanced design tools, production technology and material choice are the dominating parameters. A weight/swept area ration in the order 1-1,5 can be achieved with epoxy resin/glass fibre material up to a rotor diameter of 62 m. Condition monitoring of the accelerations of stall blade has been implemented in the control system of the wind turbines.

Keywords: Structural design; aerodynamic design; material damping; condition monitoring (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(98)00516-3

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