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 …

This article presents the multi-disciplinary wind turbine analysis and optimization tool
HawtOpt2 that is based on the open-source framework OpenMDAO, and interfaces to …

Mitigating loads on a wind turbine rotor can reduce the cost of energy. Sweeping blades
produces a structural coupling between flapwise bending and torsion, which can be used for …

This work presents an integrated multidisciplinary wind turbine optimization framework
utilizing state-of-the-art aeroelastic and strutural tools, capable of simultaneous design of the …

This paper presents, through the structural design of a 20 MW wind turbine blade, a
selection of novel analysis and optimisation methods for wind turbines. These methods are …

ESIGN of airfoils specifically suited for wind turbine blade applications is important in the
continuing development of wind turbines. Because of the intrinsic requirements in terms of …

We are developing a wind turbine blade optimisation package CoBOLDT (COmputational
Blade Optimisation and Load Deflation Tool) for the optimisation of large horizontalaxis wind …

Curved bladelets on wind turbine blades play an important role in improving the
performance and efficiency of wind turbines. Implementing such features on the tip of wind …

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 …

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 …