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Sep 2026
Aerodynamic Performance and Mechanistic Analysis of a Maple-Samara-Inspired Small Wind Turbine Rotor.
Spinning samaras provide a promising biological basis for small wind turbine rotors, but the engineering translation of their three-dimensional morphology and the mechanisms governing performance losses below and above the low-tip-speed-ratio optimum remain insufficiently understood. In this study, a small horizontal-a...
Hao Ding, Hu-Hua Ye, Ya-Wei Zhu et al.
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