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Analysis of Wind Turbine Loads

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The analysis of wind turbine loads is an important discipline within wind turbine technology. Though it is performed widely by the wind turbine industry and wind turbine certification institutes, it also plays an important role in wind energy research. The objectives of such an analysis can be quite different, as for example exploration of system dynamics, verification of design loads and validation of aerodynamic and aeroelastic models.

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The author thanks the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) for permission to reproduce information from its International Standard IEC 61400-1 ed.3.0 (2005). All such extracts are copyright of IEC, Geneva, Switzerland. All rights reserved. Further information on the IEC is available from www.iec.ch. IEC has no responsibility for the placement and context in which the extracts and contents are reproduced by the author, nor is IEC in any way responsible for the other content or accuracy therein.

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  1. Wind Energy Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark, P.O. Box 49, Building 118, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark

    Helge Aagaard Madsen

  2. Siemens Wind Power A/S, Borupvej 16, 7330, Brande, Denmark

    Kenneth Thomsen

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  1. Kelappaji College of Agricultural, Engineering & Technology(KCAET), Kerala Agricultural University, Tavanur, Malapuram, 679573, Kerala, India

    Mathew Sathyajith

  2. Kelappaji College of Agricultural, Engineering & Technology(KCAET), Kerala Agricultural University, Tavanur, Malapuram, 679573, Kerala, India

    Geeta Susan Philip

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Madsen, H.A., Thomsen, K. (2011). Analysis of Wind Turbine Loads. In: Sathyajith, M., Philip, G. (eds) Advances in Wind Energy Conversion Technology. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88258-9_5

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