Publications

Here is a list of publications regarding NuMAD. The list includes publications written by the NuMAD team about the development and application of NuMAD as well as publications written by users of the NuMAD code outside of the NuMAD development team.

Camarena, E., Anderson, E., Paquette, J., Bortolotti, P., Feil, R., & Johnson, N. (2021). Land-based wind turbines with flexible rail transportable blades–Part II: 3D FEM design optimization of the rotor blades. Wind Energy Science Discussions, 1-28.

Kelley, C. L., & Paquette, J. (2020, September). Investigation of flutter for large, highly flexible wind turbine blades. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 1618, No. 5, p. 052078). IOP Publishing.

Resor, B. R., & LeBlanc, B. P. (2014). An aeroelastic reference model for the SWIFT turbines (No. SAND-2014-19136). Sandia National Lab.(SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States).

Van Buren, K. L., & Atamturktur, S. (2011). Model Form Error of Alternate Modeling Strategies: Shell Type Wind Turbine Blades. In Rotating Machinery, Structural Health Monitoring, Shock and Vibration, Volume 5 (pp. 53-64). Springer, New York, NY.

Resor, B., & Paquette, J. (2011, April). Uncertainties in prediction of wind turbine blade flutter. In 52nd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference 19th AIAA/ASME/AHS Adaptive Structures Conference 13t (p. 1947).

Resor, B., Paquette, J., Laird, D., & Griffith, D. (2010). An evaluation of wind turbine blade cross section analysis techniques. In 51st AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference 18th AIAA/ASME/AHS Adaptive Structures Conference 12th (p. 2575).

Malcolm, D. J., & Laird, D. L. (2007). Extraction of equivalent beam properties from blade models. Wind Energy: An International Journal for Progress and Applications in Wind Power Conversion Technology, 10(2), 135-157.

Paquette, J. A., & Veers, P. S. (2007). Increased Strength in Wind Turbine Blades through Innovative Structural Design (No. SAND2007-2632C). Sandia National Lab.(SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States).

Ashwill, T., & Laird, D. (2007, January). Concepts to facilitate very large blades. In 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit (p. 817).

Paquette, J., Laird, D., Griffith, D., & Rip, L. (2006, January). Modeling and testing of 9m research blades. In 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit (p. 1199).

Malcolm, D., & Laird, D. (2005). Identification and Use of Blade Physical Properties. In 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit (p. 971).

Laird, D., Montoya, F., & Malcolm, D. (2005, January). Finite element modeling of wind turbine blades. In 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit (p. 195).