The quest for reduced levelized cost of energy has driven significant growth in wind turbine
size; however, larger rotors face significant technical and logistical challenges. The largest …

There are two key areas of development across wind turbine blade lifecycles with the
potential to reduce the impact of wind energy generation:(1) deploying lower-impact …

Reference wind turbine models are crucial for enabling the research community to advance
technology and meet the challenges associated with upscaling. The IEA 15 MW is one such …

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 …

The design of morphing structures requires attaining concurrently light-weight, load-carrying
and shape adaptable systems that minimize complexity, actuation requirements and part …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2021-0950. vid Acoupled, high-fidelity
simulation framework on GPUs is presented, and is used to perform an aero-structural …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2021-1412. vid This paper presents the
results from the first IEA Wind Task 37 aerodynamic optimization case study. 8 participants …

Wind energy is a vital resource for meeting international climate change targets. A key
industry challenge is integrating wind power plants within the electrical grid, especially as …

CURRENT aircraft wings and wind turbine blades are lighter, slender, and more flexible
than their predecessors. Due to the increasing slenderness and compliance, wings and …

The development of software and methodologies able to efficiently and accurately predict
the aeroelastic performance of wind turbines at low computational cost—enabling the rapid …