Nikhar Abbas

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 346 citations indexed

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Nikhar Abbas is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikhar Abbas has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 346 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 10 papers in Ocean Engineering and 6 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Nikhar Abbas's work include Wind Energy Research and Development (14 papers), Wave and Wind Energy Systems (10 papers) and Wind Turbine Control Systems (4 papers). Nikhar Abbas is often cited by papers focused on Wind Energy Research and Development (14 papers), Wave and Wind Energy Systems (10 papers) and Wind Turbine Control Systems (4 papers). Nikhar Abbas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Denmark. Nikhar Abbas's co-authors include Lucy Y. Pao, Alan Wright, Daniel Zalkind, Nick Johnson, Pietro Bortolotti, John Jasa, Joshua Paquette, Katherine Dykes, Witold Robert Skrzypiński and Frederik Zahle and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Energy, IEEE Control Systems and Wind Energy.

In The Last Decade

Nikhar Abbas

16 papers receiving 338 citations

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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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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nikhar Abbas United States	9	238	158	134	93	71	16	346
Karl Merz Norway	10	245 1.0×	199 1.3×	104 0.8×	94 1.0×	49 0.7×	29	379
Daniel Zalkind United States	14	414 1.7×	194 1.2×	239 1.8×	133 1.4×	101 1.4×	32	559
Anders Yde Denmark	6	218 0.9×	120 0.8×	147 1.1×	50 0.5×	87 1.2×	14	359
Maryam Soleimanzadeh Denmark	9	299 1.3×	58 0.4×	46 0.3×	211 2.3×	64 0.9×	14	365
Alessandro Fontanella Italy	13	289 1.2×	270 1.7×	216 1.6×	33 0.4×	53 0.7×	35	399
Wai Hou Lio Denmark	14	307 1.3×	49 0.3×	89 0.7×	233 2.5×	178 2.5×	48	463
Frank Lemmer Germany	15	423 1.8×	467 3.0×	313 2.3×	80 0.9×	81 1.1×	33	560
Daan van der Hoek Netherlands	10	301 1.3×	39 0.2×	81 0.6×	171 1.8×	48 0.7×	23	351
Boris Fischer Germany	7	119 0.5×	112 0.7×	64 0.5×	153 1.6×	169 2.4×	16	310
Sergej Antonello Sirigu Italy	15	156 0.7×	453 2.9×	211 1.6×	79 0.8×	34 0.5×	39	517

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16 of 16 papers shown

Abbas, Nikhar, et al.. (2024). A Tutorial on the Control of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines: Stability Challenges and Opportunities for Power Capture. IEEE Control Systems. 44(5). 28–57. 6 indexed citations

Abbas, Nikhar, et al.. (2023). Optimal operating points for wind turbine control and co‐design. Wind Energy. 27(11). 1286–1301. 4 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

Abbas, Nikhar, Pietro Bortolotti, Christopher Kelley, et al.. (2023). Aero‐servo‐elastic co‐optimization of large wind turbine blades with distributed aerodynamic control devices. Wind Energy. 26(8). 763–785. 10 indexed citations

Abbas, Nikhar, et al.. (2023). Sink or Swim: A Tutorial on the Control of Floating Wind Turbines. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 2512–2529. 9 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 →

Zalkind, Daniel, Nikhar Abbas, John Jasa, Alan Wright, & Paul Fleming. (2022). Floating wind turbine control optimization. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2265(4). 42021–42021. 6 indexed citations

Bortolotti, Pietro, et al.. (2021). Land-based wind turbines with flexible rail-transportable blades – Part 1: Conceptual design and aeroservoelastic performance. Wind energy science. 6(5). 1277–1290. 17 indexed citations

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

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Feil, Roland, et al.. (2020). Distributed Aerodynamic Control using Active Trailing-Edge Flaps for Large Wind Turbines. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 1618(4). 42026–42026. 6 indexed citations

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Goupee, Andrew J., et al.. (2020). Tuning of Nacelle Feedback Gains for Floating Wind Turbine Controllers Using a Two-DOF Model. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 9 indexed citations

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Abbas, Nikhar, Alan Wright, & Lucy Y. Pao. (2020). An Update to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Baseline Wind Turbine Controller. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 1452(1). 12002–12002. 29 indexed citations

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Abbas, Nikhar & Lucy Y. Pao. (2020). On the Controllability of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 1452(1). 12001–12001. 2 indexed citations

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Rinker, Jennifer, Evan Gaertner, Frederik Zahle, et al.. (2020). Comparison of loads from HAWC2 and OpenFAST for the IEA Wind 15 MW Reference Wind Turbine. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 1618(5). 52052–52052. 27 indexed citations

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Abbas, Nikhar & Nathan Tom. (2017). Utilization of Model Predictive Control to Balance Power Absorption Against Load Accumulation. The 27th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference. 1 indexed citations

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Tom, Nathan, et al.. (2017). Development of the Second-Generation Oscillating Surge Wave Energy Converter With Variable Geometry. 101–108. 3 indexed citations

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