Alan Wright

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
124 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

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Alan Wright is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Wright has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 42 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 40 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alan Wright's work include Wind Energy Research and Development (83 papers), Wind Turbine Control Systems (39 papers) and Real-time simulation and control systems (27 papers). Alan Wright is often cited by papers focused on Wind Energy Research and Development (83 papers), Wind Turbine Control Systems (39 papers) and Real-time simulation and control systems (27 papers). Alan Wright collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Germany. Alan Wright's co-authors include Lucy Y. Pao, Paul Fleming, Mark J. Balas, Jason Laks, Kathryn Johnson, Jayanta Deb Mondol, Yigzaw G. Yohanis, Brian Norton, Neil Kelley and Na Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Energy, Journal of Applied Mechanics and Renewable Energy.

In The Last Decade

Alan Wright

118 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A reference open-source controller for fixed and floating offshore wind turbines

2022 152 citations Nikhar Abbas, Daniel Zalkind et al. Wind energy science profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Alan Wright	1.9k	1.4k	1.2k	557	472	124	3.1k
David Sharpe	2.7k 1.4×	1.6k 1.1×	967 0.8×	756 1.4×	269 0.6×	4	3.9k
Rupp Carriveau	1.1k 0.6×	535 0.4×	592 0.5×	430 0.8×	239 0.5×	116	2.7k
Kathryn Johnson	2.4k 1.3×	1.9k 1.4×	1.2k 1.0×	618 1.1×	236 0.5×	92	3.4k
Pier Ruggero Spina	865 0.5×	716 0.5×	413 0.4×	531 1.0×	219 0.5×	163	2.8k
Ervin Bossanyi	4.3k 2.3×	2.7k 2.0×	2.0k 1.7×	1.1k 2.1×	512 1.1×	56	6.2k
Simon Watson	623 0.3×	1.2k 0.9×	867 0.7×	94 0.2×	102 0.2×	131	2.8k
G.J.W. van Bussel	1.9k 1.0×	528 0.4×	588 0.5×	956 1.7×	220 0.5×	81	2.9k
Martin Kühn	2.1k 1.1×	902 0.7×	541 0.5×	707 1.3×	175 0.4×	172	2.8k
David McMillan	774 0.4×	820 0.6×	953 0.8×	74 0.1×	475 1.0×	96	2.6k
Matthew A. Lackner	1.8k 1.0×	534 0.4×	682 0.6×	1.6k 2.9×	1.2k 2.5×	84	3.4k

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Wang, Lu, Roger Bergua, Amy Robertson, et al.. (2023). Experimental investigation of advanced turbine control strategies and load-mitigation measures with a model-scale floating offshore wind turbine system. Applied Energy. 355. 122343–122343. 23 indexed citations

Abbas, Nikhar, John Jasa, Daniel Zalkind, Alan Wright, & Lucy Y. Pao. (2023). Control co-design of a floating offshore wind turbine. Applied Energy. 353. 122036–122036. 26 indexed citations

Fowler, Matthew, Anthony Viselli, Andrew J. Goupee, et al.. (2023). Wind/Wave Testing of a 1:70-Scale Performance-Matched Model of the IEA Wind 15 MW Reference Wind Turbine with Real-Time ROSCO Control and Floating Feedback. Machines. 11(9). 865–865. 5 indexed citations

Kazi, Mohsin, Daniel Zalkind, Jason Jonkman, et al.. (2023). Development of a wind turbine model and simulation platform using an acausal approach: Multiphysics modeling, validation, and control. Wind Energy. 26(9). 985–1011. 8 indexed citations

Abbas, Nikhar, Daniel Zalkind, Lucy Y. Pao, & Alan Wright. (2022). A reference open-source controller for fixed and floating offshore wind turbines. Wind energy science. 7(1). 53–73. 152 indexed citations breakdown →

Abbas, Nikhar, Daniel Zalkind, Lucy Y. Pao, & Alan Wright. (2021). A Reference Open-Source Controller for Fixed and Floating Offshore Wind Turbines. 39 indexed citations

Tom, Nathan, Yi-Hsiang Yu, Alan Wright, & Michael Lawson. (2017). Balancing Power Absorption Against Structural Loads With Viscous Drag and Power-Takeoff Efficiency Considerations. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 43(4). 1048–1067. 5 indexed citations

Muljadi, Eduard, et al.. (2016). Electrical power conversion of river and tidal power generator. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1–6. 5 indexed citations

Haizmann, Florian, David Schlipf, Steffen Raach, et al.. (2015). Optimization of a feed-forward controller using a CW-lidar system on the CART3. OPUS Publication Server of the University of Stuttgart (University of Stuttgart). 1. 3715–3720. 18 indexed citations

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Schlipf, David, Paul Fleming, Florian Haizmann, et al.. (2014). Field Testing of Feedforward Collective Pitch Control on the CART2 Using a Nacelle-Based Lidar Scanner. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 555. 12090–12090. 67 indexed citations

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Johnson, Kathryn, et al.. (2011). Design of a tower and drive train damping controller for the three‐bladed controls advanced research turbine operating in design‐driving load cases. Wind Energy. 14(4). 571–601. 16 indexed citations

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Laks, Jason, Lucy Y. Pao, Alan Wright, Neil Kelley, & Bonnie Jonkman. (2011). The use of preview wind measurements for blade pitch control. Mechatronics. 21(4). 668–681. 71 indexed citations

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Laks, Jason, Lucy Y. Pao, Eric Simley, et al.. (2011). Model Predictive Control Using Preview Measurements From LIDAR. 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. 67 indexed citations

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Dunne, Fiona, Lucy Y. Pao, Alan Wright, et al.. (2011). Adding Feedforward Blade Pitch Control for Load Mitigation in Wind Turbines: Non-Causal Series Expansion, Preview Control, and Optimized FIR Filter Methods. 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. 39 indexed citations

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Hand, M., et al.. (2004). Advanced Control Design and Field Testing for Wind Turbines at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. 22 indexed citations

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Buhl, Marshall, et al.. (2001). FAST-AD code verification - A comparison to ADAMS. 11 indexed citations

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Wright, Alan, Marshall Buhl, Gunjit Bir, et al.. (1997). An examination of loads and responses of a wind turbine undergoing variable-speed operation. 35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. 3 indexed citations

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Wright, Alan & C. P. Butterfield. (1991). The NREL teetering hub rotor code: Final results and conclusions. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas).

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Thresher, R. W., et al.. (1988). A comparison of results from dynamic-response field tests. 2 indexed citations

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Wright, Alan, et al.. (1982). Vibration Modes of Centrifugally Stiffened Beams. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 49(1). 197–202. 223 indexed citations

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