Flume testing of passively adaptive composite tidal turbine blades under combined wave and current loading
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Evaluation of the durability of composite tidal turbine blades.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Fluids and Structures
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0889-9746
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2019.102825