“Intelligent” Rotor Blades React Quickly to Changing Conditions

  • Magazine Article
  • TBMG-29005
Published June 01, 2018 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
Language:
  • English

The giant rotor blades are one central part of a wind turbine. Researchers developed a rotor blade that makes more efficient use of large fluctuations in wind strength using a passive bend-twist coupling (BTC) that adapts continuously to the wind forces acting on the rotor blade. When the wind loads become too high, the coupling reduces the forces affecting the structure.