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<br> Advisor: Fernando Ponta
<br> ANALYSIS AND MODELING OF THE EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC FLOW FLUCTUATIONS ON WIND TURBINE ROTOR AEROELASTIC RESPONSE AND VORTEX-WAKE EVOLUTION 
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