Articles | Volume 1, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-1-297-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-1-297-2016
Research article
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01 Dec 2016
Research article |  | 01 Dec 2016

Articulated blade tip devices for load alleviation on wind turbines

Carlo L. Bottasso, Alessandro Croce, Federico Gualdoni, Pierluigi Montinari, and Carlo E. D. Riboldi

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ED: Publish as is (17 Oct 2016) by Gerard J.W. van Bussel
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AR by Carlo L. Bottasso on behalf of the Authors (03 Nov 2016)  Manuscript 
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The paper discusses different concepts for reducing loads on wind turbines using movable blade tips. Passive and semi-passive tip solutions move freely in response to air load fluctuations, while in the active case an actuator drives the tip motion in response to load measurements. The various solutions are compared with a standard blade and with each other in terms of their ability to reduce both fatigue and extreme loads.
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