Design Optimization of a Multi-Megawatt Wind Turbine Blade with the NPU-MWA Airfoil Family

A new airfoil family, called NPU-MWA (Northwestern Polytechnical University Multi-megawatt Wind-turbine A-series) airfoils, was designed to improve both aerodynamic and structural performance, with the outboard airfoils being designed at high design lift coefficient and high Reynolds number, and the...

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Main Authors: Jianhua Xu, Zhonghua Han, Xiaochao Yan, Wenping Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-08-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/17/3330