Vaz, Tavares Dias do Rio; Aline, Déborah; Vaz, Jerson … - In: Renewable Energy 55 (2013) C, pp. 296-304
This paper presents a model to optimize the distribution of chord and twist angle of horizontal axis wind turbine blades, taking into account the influence of the wake, by using a Rankine vortex. This model is applied to both large and small wind turbines, aiming to improve the aerodynamics of...