Thanasis Barlas

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
66 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Thanasis Barlas is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thanasis Barlas has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 26 papers in Environmental Engineering and 21 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Thanasis Barlas's work include Wind Energy Research and Development (46 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (26 papers) and Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research (16 papers). Thanasis Barlas is often cited by papers focused on Wind Energy Research and Development (46 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (26 papers) and Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research (16 papers). Thanasis Barlas collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Netherlands and Spain. Thanasis Barlas's co-authors include G.A.M. van Kuik, Helge Aagaard Madsen, Frederik Zahle, Michel Verhaegen, Sergio González Horcas, J.W. van Wingerden, Jakob Mann, G.J.W. van Bussel, Wim Bierbooms and Ameya Sathe and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable Energy, Physics of Fluids and IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.

In The Last Decade

Thanasis Barlas

62 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Review of state of the art in smart rotor control research for wind turbines

2009 396 citations Thanasis Barlas et al. profile →
Grand challenges in the design, manufacture, and operation of future wind turbine systems

2023 91 citations Paul Veers, Carlo L. Bottasso et al. Wind energy science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thanasis Barlas Denmark	19	1.4k	665	558	365	245	66	1.7k
G.A.M. van Kuik Netherlands	22	1.5k 1.1×	778 1.2×	642 1.2×	349 1.0×	236 1.0×	63	1.9k
Mac Gaunaa Denmark	23	1.8k 1.4×	1.1k 1.7×	841 1.5×	342 0.9×	174 0.7×	115	2.2k
Spyros G. Voutsinas Greece	23	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.8×	792 1.4×	264 0.7×	114 0.5×	90	2.0k
Christian Bak Denmark	26	2.3k 1.7×	1.2k 1.8×	1.1k 1.9×	308 0.8×	217 0.9×	123	2.7k
Paul Veers United States	19	799 0.6×	327 0.5×	491 0.9×	315 0.9×	247 1.0×	69	1.4k
Martin Otto Lavér Hansen Denmark	26	2.3k 1.7×	1.4k 2.1×	1.1k 2.0×	328 0.9×	189 0.8×	73	2.7k
Gijs van Kuik Netherlands	19	1.4k 1.0×	697 1.0×	786 1.4×	164 0.4×	83 0.3×	39	1.5k
Marshall Buhl United States	9	618 0.5×	353 0.5×	267 0.5×	269 0.7×	250 1.0×	18	948
M. Messina Italy	19	1.1k 0.8×	474 0.7×	584 1.0×	152 0.4×	146 0.6×	66	1.5k
H.Y. Peng China	18	560 0.4×	266 0.4×	469 0.8×	111 0.3×	95 0.4×	40	940

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thanasis Barlas

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Das, Kaushik, Anca Daniela Hansen, Juan Pablo Murcia León, et al.. (2025). Research Challenges and Opportunities of Utility‐Scale Hybrid Power Plants. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Energy and Environment. 14(1). 3 indexed citations

Barlas, Thanasis, et al.. (2024). Validation of aeroelastic dynamic model of active trailing edge flap system tested on a 4.3 MW wind turbine. Wind energy science. 9(5). 1229–1249. 1 indexed citations

Enevoldsen, P., et al.. (2023). OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE DURING A FOUR YEAR TEST PROGRAM OF ACTIVE FLAPS ON A WIND TURBINE BLADE. 850–865.

Veers, Paul, Carlo L. Bottasso, Lance Manuel, et al.. (2023). Grand challenges in the design, manufacture, and operation of future wind turbine systems. Wind energy science. 8(7). 1071–1131. 91 indexed citations breakdown →

Horcas, Sergio González, Néstor Ramos‐García, Ang Li, Georg Raimund Pirrung, & Thanasis Barlas. (2022). Comparison of aerodynamic models for horizontal axis wind turbine blades accounting for curved tip shapes. Wind Energy. 26(1). 5–22. 8 indexed citations

Kölle, Konstanze, Tuhfe Göçmen, Paula B. Garcia‐Rosa, et al.. (2022). Towards integrated wind farm control: Interfacing farm flow and power plant controls. 4(2). 6 indexed citations

Barlas, Thanasis, Georg Raimund Pirrung, Néstor Ramos‐García, et al.. (2022). Atmospheric rotating rig testing of a swept blade tip and comparison with multi-fidelity aeroelastic simulations. Wind energy science. 7(5). 1957–1973. 2 indexed citations

Horcas, Sergio González, et al.. (2022). Influence of the installation of a trailing edge flap on the vortex induced vibrations of a wind turbine blade. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 229. 105118–105118. 14 indexed citations

Zahle, Frederik, et al.. (2022). CFD-based curved tip shape design for wind turbine blades. Wind energy science. 7(4). 1471–1501. 15 indexed citations

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Horcas, Sergio González, Niels N. Sørensen, Frederik Zahle, Georg Raimund Pirrung, & Thanasis Barlas. (2022). Vibrations of wind turbine blades in standstill: Mapping the influence of the inflow angles. Physics of Fluids. 34(5). 19 indexed citations

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Barlas, Thanasis, Georg Raimund Pirrung, Néstor Ramos‐García, et al.. (2021). Wind tunnel testing of a swept tip shape and comparison with multi-fidelity aerodynamic simulations. Wind energy science. 6(5). 1311–1324. 10 indexed citations

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Zahle, Frederik, et al.. (2021). CFD-based curved tip shape design for wind turbine blades.

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Enevoldsen, P., et al.. (2021). Field test of an active flap system on a full-scale wind turbine. Wind energy science. 6(1). 33–43. 12 indexed citations

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Barlas, Thanasis, Néstor Ramos‐García, Georg Raimund Pirrung, & Sergio González Horcas. (2021). Surrogate-based aeroelastic design optimization of tip extensions on a modern 10 MW wind turbine. Wind energy science. 6(2). 491–504. 14 indexed citations

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Horcas, Sergio González, Thanasis Barlas, Frederik Zahle, & Niels N. Sørensen. (2020). Vortex induced vibrations of wind turbine blades: Influence of the tip geometry. Physics of Fluids. 32(6). 39 indexed citations

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Ai, Qing, Paul M. Weaver, Thanasis Barlas, et al.. (2018). Field testing of morphing flaps on a wind turbine blade using an outdoor rotating rig. Renewable Energy. 133. 53–65. 20 indexed citations

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Altin, Müfit, Anca Daniela Hansen, Thanasis Barlas, Kaushik Das, & Jayachandra N. Sakamuri. (2018). Optimization of Short-Term Overproduction Response of Variable Speed Wind Turbines. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. 9(4). 1732–1739. 39 indexed citations

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McWilliam, Michael, Thanasis Barlas, Helge Aagaard Madsen, & Frederik Zahle. (2018). Aero-elastic wind turbine design with active flaps for AEP maximization. Wind energy science. 3(1). 231–241. 18 indexed citations

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Barlas, Thanasis, et al.. (2008). Closed-Loop Control Wind Tunnel Tests on an Adaptive Wind Turbine Blade for Load Reduction. 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. 27 indexed citations

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Beukers, A., et al.. (2007). DESIGN OF A WIND TUNNEL SCALE MODEL OF AN ADAPTIVE WIND TURBINE BLADE FOR ACTIVE AERODYNAMIC LOAD CONTROL EXPERIMENTS. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 14 indexed citations

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