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Multi-Objective Structural Optimization Design of Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine Blades Using the Non-Dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II and Finite Element Method

Zhu, Jie; Cai, Xin; Pan, Pan; Gu, Rongrong - In: Energies 7 (2014) 2, pp. 988-1002

A multi-objective optimization method for the structural design of horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT) blades is presented. The main goal is to minimize the weight and cost of the blade which uses glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) coupled with carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP)...

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A Virtual Tool for Minimum Cost Design of a Wind Turbine Tower with Ring Stiffeners

Karpat, Fatih - In: Energies 6 (2013) 8, pp. 3822-3840

Currently, renewable energy resources are becoming more important to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase energy efficiency. Researchers have focused on all components of wind turbines to increase reliability and minimize cost. In this paper, a procedure including a cost analysis method...

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Structural Optimization Design of Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine Blades Using a Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm and Finite Element Method

Cai, Xin; Zhu, Jie; Pan, Pan; Gu, Rongrong - In: Energies 5 (2012) 11, pp. 4683-4696

This paper presents an optimization method for the structural design of horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT) blades based on the particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO) combined with the finite element method (FEM). The main goal is to create an optimization tool and to demonstrate the...

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