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Structural design and analysis of a segmented ultralight morphing rotor (SUMR) for extreme-scale wind turbines

Ichter et al., 2012

Document ID
13136740215493088687
Author
Ichter B
Steele A
Loth E
Moriarty P
Publication year
Publication venue
42nd AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit

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To alleviate the mass-scaling issues associated with conventional upwind rotors of extreme- scale wind turbines (≥ 10MW), a segmented ultralight morphing rotor (SUMR) concept was proposed by Loth et al.(2010, 2012). The concept employs a downwind rotor with …
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