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Controllable Rubber Trailing Edge Flap To Reduce Loads On Wind Turbine Blades

The trailing edge of wind turbine blades can be manufactured in an elastic material that makes it possible to control the shape of the trailing edge. This will reduce the considerably dynamic loads ...
New Atlas

Rubber trailing edge flaps could result in quieter, more productive wind farms

If you’ve ever seen a commercial-scale wind turbine in real life, then you’ll know that they’re huge – a single blade can be as long as 60 meters (197 feet). Researchers from Denmark’s Risoe DTU ...
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Successful wind tunnel test of controllable rubber trailing edge flap for wind turbine blades

For some years, the Wind Energy Division at Risø DTU in Denmark has been working to develop a method for controlling the loads on large wind turbine blades using a flexible trailing edge made of an ...
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Flexible trailing edge flap for blades to make wind power cheaper

Risoe National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, the Technical University of Denmark The idea dates back to 2003 when researchers from Risø DTU was inspired by the prey's ability to maneuver in ...
JSTOR Daily

Aeroelastic control of wind turbine blade using trailing-edge flap

ABSTRACT A mathematic rotating blade model is introduced in conjunction with periodic time-varying aerodynamic load, which is described by Beddoes-Leishman dynamic stall model. The consequent ...