Department people
Chenyu Zhang
Research Student
Tel +44 (0)1509 227 248
Fax +44 (0)1509 227 275
d.r.slatorc.zhang@lboro.ac.uk
Research groups
- Materials and Structures
Research Interests
- Aerodynamic forces of wind turbine blade using BEM method
- Twist-coupling of a composite laminated blade
- Extraction of equivalent cross-section properties for blade
- Aero-elasticity analysis of wind turbine blade with twisting coupling interactions
Current Research
Aero-elasticity of a wind turbine blade describes the interaction between angle of attack and aerodynamic forces. The entire project aims to establish the aero-elastic model of a practical blade under operational condition.