A coupled structural and flow approach for numerical simulation of the light resin transfer moulding process. II: Fabric permeability and compaction characterisation, model results and a 6-kW wind turbine blade case study

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (13) ◽  
pp. 1237-1257 ◽  
Author(s):  
JR Hutchinson ◽  
PJ Schubel
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Wind Turbine Blade ◽  
Resin Transfer Moulding ◽  
Moulding Process ◽  
Characterisation Model ◽  
Transfer Moulding

Structural testing and numerical simulation of a 34m composite wind turbine blade

2006 ◽  
Vol 76 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 52-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.M. Jensen ◽  
B.G. Falzon ◽  
J. Ankersen ◽  
H. Stang
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Wind Turbine Blade ◽  
Structural Testing

Design methodology for composite structures: A small low air-speed wind turbine blade case study

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 296-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Monroy Aceves ◽  
M.P.F. Sutcliffe ◽  
M.F. Ashby ◽  
A.A. Skordos ◽  
C. Rodríguez Román
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Composite Structures ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Wind Turbine Blade ◽  
Air Speed

Numerical optimization of horizontal-axis wind turbine blades with surrogate model

2020 ◽  
pp. 095765092097674
Author(s):  
Haipeng Wang ◽  
Xiao Jiang ◽  
Yun Chao ◽  
Qian Li ◽  
Mingzhou Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Power ◽  
Turbine Blade ◽  
Surrogate Model ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Wind Turbine Blade ◽  
Horizontal Axis ◽  
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine ◽  
Thrust And Torque

Wind energy is a widely used and developed the renewable energy, which has developed rapidly. At present, the design of the horizontal axis wind turbine blade mainly used Blade Element Momentum theory. In this paper, an optimization method of the wind turbine blade was proposed for improving the output power. The local twist angles of the blade were optimized. This method combined the surrogate model and the numerical simulation methods. The kriging surrogate model was selected and the next calibration point was chosen by the efficient global optimization algorithm. In this paper, the aerodynamic performances of the optimized blades were discussed in detail and obtained by the numerical simulation method. It was shown that the wind power coefficients and the output powers of the optimized blades were increased. The wind power coefficients of two optimized blades were increased by 4.83% and 3.44%, respectively. The optimized blades were able to capture more kinetic energy from the wind, but the optimized blades were subjected to a greater structural load. The thrust and torque coefficients maintained an increasing tendency for the optimized blades.

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