Fortunately, the researchers are working on addressing this problem, by attaching flexible flaps to the trailing edges of the blades. These flaps come in the form of silicone rubber strips, which ...

This article is more than 4 years old. While the leading edge nodes of semiconductor manufacturing gets all the attention, the trailing edge will continue to be important well into the future.

A flexible, controllable trailing edge for wind turbine blades has shown that it can reduce the loads on the turbine and in the end provide cheaper electricity from wind power. The idea dates back ...

Nailu Li 1, Mark J. Balas 2, Aeroelastic control of wind turbine blade using trailing-edge flap, Wind Engineering, Vol. 38, No. 5 (2014), pp. 549-560 ...

Airbus A380 operators are set to be instructed to check for cracks in the trailing edge, and trailing-edge devices, of the double-deck type. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency says the ...

Boeing plans to test and develop a trailing edge variable camber (TEVC) system for the 787 which it says will reduce cruise drag and save the equivalent of between 340 and 450kg (750-1,000lb) in ...

It is shown that the boundary layer approximation to the flow of a viscous fluid past a flat plate of length l, generally valid near the plate when the Reynolds number Re is large, fails within a ...