I. Introduction verage wind turbine rated power has increased twenty-fold since 1985 and
has been associated with a commensurate increase in rotor swept area. Continued …

Abstract A 105‐m, 13‐MW two‐bladed downwind Segmented Ultralight Morphing Rotor
(SUMR‐13) blade was gravo‐aeroelastically scaled by 20% to a 20.87‐m‐long …

Operational experimental testing results for a 44.5 m diameter wind turbine rotor were
obtained to investigate moments and deflections of a downwind, coned wind turbine with …

Extreme‐scale wind turbines (rated powers greater than 10 MW) with large rotor diameters
and conventional upwind designs must resist extreme downwind and gravity loads. This can …

Reduced scale wind turbines can be extremely cost-effective to test new rotor concepts
since prototype costs are heavily dependent on the rotor diameter. Ideally, the scaled model …

Load alignment, balancing the thrust moment with the centrifugal moment, is a promising
innovation for extreme-scale wind turbines. Load alignment allows for longer blades …

Aeroelastic parked testing of a unique downwind two‐bladed subscale rotor was completed
to characterize the response of an extreme‐scale 13‐MW turbine in high‐wind parked …

Significant growth of the wind power market has led to a dramatic increase in the scale and
capacity of wind turbines over the past decades. As these extreme-scale structures are …

I. Introduction verage wind turbine rated power has increased twenty-fold since 1985 and
has been associated with a commensurate increase in rotor swept area. Continued …