List of figures and tables --;1: General introduction to wind turbines --;2: 2-D aerodynamics --;3: 3-D aerodynamics --;4: 1-D momentum theory for an ideal wind turbine --;5: Shrouded rotors --;6: Classical blade element momentum method --;7: Control/regulation and safety systems --;8: Optimization --;9: Unsteady BEM method --;10: Introduction to loads and structures --;11: Beam theory for the wind turbine blade --;12: Dynamic structural model of a wind turbine --;13: Sources of loads on a wind turbine --;14: Wind simulation --;15: Fatigue --;16: Final remarks --;Appendix A: Basic equations in fluid mechanics --;Appendix B: Symbols --;Index.
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Shows the advances in wind turbine design technology, research into rotor aerodynamics and the structural response of the wind turbine structure. This title covers such topics as: increasing mass flow through the turbine, performance at low and high wind speeds, and the theory for calculating the lifetime of the turbine.