Combined Blade-Element Momentum—Lifting Line Model for Variable Loads on Downwind Turbine Towers

Downwind rotors are a promising concept for multi-megawatt scale large wind turbines due to their advantages in safety and cost reduction. However, they have risks from impulsive loads when one of the blades passes across the tower wake, where the wind speed is lower and locally turbulent. Although...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shigeo Yoshida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-09-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/10/2521