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SUMMARY:Rotary Wings: the Modeling and Simulation of Helicopters and Wind 
 Turbines
DTSTART:20120627T110000
DTEND:20120627T123000
DTSTAMP:20260502T060026Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Carlo L. BOTTASSO\nDepartment of Aerospace Engineering\,
  Politecnico di Milano\, Italy\nHelicopters and wind turbines are very dif
 ferent complex engineering systems\, that however share some common physic
 al processes. For both\, rotating flexible blades interact in a highly uns
 teady manner with air to make a vehicle fly in one case and to generate en
 ergy from wind in the other. In this talk we will first review some mathem
 atical models that are used for the simulation of both systems. Then\, we 
 will describe some challenging applications\, ranging from the simulation 
 of helicopters flying extreme maneuvers at the boundaries of their flight 
 envelope\, to the passive and active mitigation of loads on large wind tur
 bines. These examples will help highlight the differences between these tw
 o engineering systems and will illustrate their very different design driv
 ers. In both cases\, the ability to model the relevant coupled physical pr
 ocesses to a high level of fidelity is key for achieving the ever more amb
 itious design goals posed by industry.
LOCATION:CM 1 5 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==CM%201%205
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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