Adjoint-Based High-Fidelity Structural Optimization of Wind-Turbine Blade for Load Stress Minimization

A high-fidelity multidisciplinary modeling and optimization capability is employed for optimization of structural properties of the 13 m Scaled Wind Farm Technology Facility wind-turbine blade of S...

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