Soft robotic manipulators are on the verge to their first real applications. In most cases they are actuated by fluidic pressure or tendons and molded of highly elastic material, which performs large deformation if put ...

Aeroelasticity is one of the biggest challenges in wind turbine rotor design, as the length of rotor blades increases which comes along with a slenderer design. The knowledge of the aeroelastic turbine behavior is of great ...

Pitch bearings of wind turbines are large, grease-lubricated rolling bearings that connect the rotor blades with the rotor hub. Rolling bearings are the standard bearing type for this application. Most blade bearings are ...

The mechanical torque input into the wind turbine drive train is a very useful measurement for tests performed on a test bench. To ensure the accuracy and the reliability, an accurate calibration of the torque measurement ...

This article gives an overview of the results of the wind energy research project AssiSt. Results of the four work packages include flow in complex terrain, wind energy converters (WEC) in complex terrain subject to ...

As rotor diameters and blade flexibility are increasing, current and future generation wind turbines are more susceptible to aeroelastic instabilities. It is thus important to know the prediction capabilities of state-of-the-art ...