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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-491-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-491-2021
Research article
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30 Mar 2021
Research article |  | 30 Mar 2021

Surrogate-based aeroelastic design optimization of tip extensions on a modern 10 MW wind turbine

Thanasis Barlas, Néstor Ramos-García, Georg Raimund Pirrung, and Sergio González Horcas

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A method to design advanced tip extensions for modern wind turbine blades is presented in this work. The resulting design concept has high potential in terms of actual implementation in a real rotor upscaling with a potential business case in reducing the cost of energy produced by future large wind turbine rotors.
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