Otero, Alejandro D.; Ponta, Fernando L. - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 21 (2004) 3, pp. 221-235
We analyse the implementation of the finite element method to simulate the structural behaviour of the blade-wagons of variable-geometry oval-trajectory (VGOT) Darrieus wind turbines. The key feature of a VGOT machine is that each blade, instead of rotating around a central vertical axis, slides...
