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Real-Time Aeroservoelastic Analysis of Wind-Turbines by Free Multibody Software

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Wind-turbines represent an important means to extract energy from the environment in a ‘green’ manner. The concept of extracting energy from the wind dates back thousands of years, including not only power generation (e.g. mills, water pumps) but also direct locomotion (e.g. sailing). Modern wind-energy technology relies on efficient aerodynamic design and durable mechanical systems.

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Acknowledgements

This work has been partially funded by ‘SI PARTE!’, a R&D project of ‘Regione Lombardia’ that addressed the development of innovative solutions for Embedded Real-Time Applications.

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    Luca Cavagna

  2. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

    Alessandro Fumagalli, Pierangelo Masarati, Marco Morandini & Paolo Mantegazza

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Cavagna, L., Fumagalli, A., Masarati, P., Morandini, M., Mantegazza, P. (2011). Real-Time Aeroservoelastic Analysis of Wind-Turbines by Free Multibody Software. In: Arczewski, K., Blajer, W., Fraczek, J., Wojtyra, M. (eds) Multibody Dynamics. Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9971-6_4

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