Gyroscopic moments on small wind turbine blades at high yaw rates

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
S V R Wilson ◽  
P D Clausen ◽  
D H Wood
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Wind Turbine Blades ◽  
Small Wind Turbine

Timber for small wind turbine blades

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 671-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Astle ◽  
I. Burge ◽  
M. Chen ◽  
T. Herrler ◽  
L. Kwan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Wind Turbine Blades ◽  
Small Wind Turbine

scholarly journals Fatigue in Fiber-Metal Laminates for Small Wind Turbine Blades Application

2018 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 07005
Author(s):  
Wei Sai ◽  
Gin Boay Chai
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Maximum Load ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Wind Condition ◽  
Wind Turbine Blades ◽  
Operation Condition ◽  
Small Wind Turbine ◽  
Fiber Metal

A methodology to study the fatigue of a wind turbine blade in a 10KW small wind turbine is proposed in this paper. Two working conditions (namely normal fatigue operation condition and extreme wind condition) are considered based on IEC61400-2. The maximum load calculated from both cases were used as a reference to perform material sample fatigue study. Fiber-metal laminate – GLARE 3/2 with a centre 1mm notch on the external aluminium layers was modelled based on fracture mechanics approach to calculate the stress intensity factor and fatigue crack growth rate at maximum applied stress of 240Mpa. GLARE panel fabrication and tensile tests were included. The fatigue tests were performed on unnotched samples with stress range from 80Mpa to 300Mpa and plotted into S-N curve.

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