Reducing Costs With Virtual Design and Testing of Wind Turbine Components

From Renewable Energy News - RenewableEnergyWorld.com:

As the size of wind turbines increases, the design of blades, control systems, and supporting structures becomes more complex because stress and other factors that cause failure are on a bigger scale. This creates greater engineering challenges as well as those in sourcing, manufacture, logistics, installation and maintenance. New designs need to be quickly tested for fatigue and twisting under expected operating conditions on- or offshore.

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