“Intelligent” Rotor Blades React Quickly to Changing Conditions
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06/01/2018
- Content
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.
- Citation
- "“Intelligent” Rotor Blades React Quickly to Changing Conditions," Mobility Engineering, June 1, 2018.