This work introduces automated wind turbine optimization techniques based on full aero‐
servo‐elastic models and investigates the potential of trailing edge flaps to reduce the …

Wind turbines are large, complex dynamically flexible structures that operate in turbulent
and unpredictable environmental conditions where efficiency and reliability are highly …

This article presents the aeroelastic optimization of a 10MW wind turbine'smart
blade'equipped with active trailing edge flaps. The multi-disciplinary wind turbine analysis …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-1150. vid Wind energy production
is still a challenge, and improving the engineering practices in wind turbine design is crucial …

In the present work, the possibility of reducing the mass and thereby the capital cost of a 10
MW-scale wind turbine blade is assessed by applying passive load control techniques. Two …

Individual pitch control and trailing edge flaps have been shown to be capable of reducing
flapwise fatigue loads on wind turbine blades, with research to date focusing on controller …

A procedure based on MATLAB combined with ANSYS is presented and utilized for the
aerodynamic and structural integrated optimization design of Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine …

† Prior work on active aerodynamic load control (AALC) of wind turbine blades has
demonstrated that appropriate use of this technology has the potential to yield significant …

In optimal wind turbine design, there is a compromise between maximizing the energy
producing forces and minimizing the absolute peak loads carried by the structures. Active …

The development of large-scale wind turbines is challenged by loads, mass, and cost
growth, and more flexible blades that impact power and tower clearance. Further, the long …