Yves Govers

Yves Govers

Deputy Head of Department Structural Dynamics DLR-Institut für Aeroelastik
Yves Govers

Yves Govers is an expert in aeroelasticity and structural dynamics at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). His work focuses on aeroelastic stability, vibration monitoring, and digital twin technologies for wind turbine rotor blades. He specializes in transferring aerospace-based methods into wind energy applications to improve performance, reliability, and lifetime of large-scale systems.

Advances in Rotor Blades, Conference Day 2 | Wednesday, 26th August 2026

9:50 WIVALDI Field Validation of Rotor Blades: Aeroelastic Response, Damping and Operational Feedback into Design

• Full-scale rotor blade field testing at WIVALDI beyond laboratory conditions
• Aeroelastic response and vibration behaviour of large, flexible blades under real operation
• Structural and aerodynamic damping in the field and its impact on loads and fatigue
• Model validation using operational data: Comparing measured blade dynamics with numerical predictions
• Closing the feedback loop to design: How field validated blade dynamics inform modelling assumptions and future blade concepts

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