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Kirschneck, M. (author)
The ever growing population of human beings on earth introduces the challenge of providing affordable, sustainable energy for everyone. Emerging markets, such as China, India or Brazil, quench their thirst for cheap energy by fossil fuels and nuclear power. At the same time researchers from all over the globe warn the public of the advent of a...
doctoral thesis 2016
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Kirschneck, M. (author), Polinder, H. (author), Van Ostayen, R.A.J. (author), Van Kempen, F.C.M. (author), Rixen, D.J. (author)
Reducing weight of off-shore wind turbine nacelles is currently a key driver of innovation within the wind turbine industry. Weight reduction will not only lead to smaller loads and thus smaller towers of the turbine, but also reduce logistic costs during the turbine’s installation. This holds even more so for off-shore turbines, the costs...
conference paper 2015