Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Kleinhansl

Geschäftsführer / Leiter Unternehmensentwicklung Aero Dynamik Consult Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH

Stefan Kleinhansl is chief executive of Aero Dynamik Consult GmbH (ADC), which has been carrying out load calculations and designing wind turbine rotor blades for almost thirty years. He has developed a finite-element-based, nonlinear aeroelastic load calculation program, ADCoS, and has designed many rotor blades for leading turbine manufacturers, including the Enercon E40, E66 and E70. He held a chair in Wind Energy Design at the University of Stuttgart from 2010 to 2011.

Advances in Rotor Blades, Conference Day 1 | Tuesday, 25th August 2026

10:10 Quality by Design: Designing Rotor Blades for Uncertainty by Identifying, Quantifying and Absorbing Variability in Real World Conditions

• Uncertainty as a governing design factor for modern, large rotor blades

• Where variability enters the system: site conditions, operation, transport and manufacturing

• Scaling effects and hidden aeroelastic couplings in very large blades

• Designing robustness beyond nominal load cases and guideline compliance

12:40 Panel Discussion: Standards as guidance – Not a shield, not a guarantee.

Standards as guidance – Not a shield, not a guarantee. - Setting the Context for Rotor Blade Reliability, Failure Prevention, Cost and Quality, and the Future Design Direction under IEC 61400.

Standards provide essential guidance for rotor blade design, but they are neither a shield against failure nor a guarantee of long-term reliability. This panel discusses how standardisation sets the context for reliability, failure prevention, cost and quality decisions under increasing technical and economic pressure. It also looks ahead to the future development of IEC 61400 and the resulting consequences for blade design, manufacturing and lifetime performance.

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