Modeling wind turbine blades by geometrically-exact beam and shell elements: a comparative approach.
The total wind power capacity installed in the world has substantially grown during the last few years, mainly due to the increasing number of horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT). Consequently, a big effort was employed to increase HAWT\'s power capacity, which is directly associated to th...
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Universidade de São Paulo
2017
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| Online Access: | http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3144/tde-01092017-082939/ |