scholarly journals PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND LIFE PREDICTION FOR SMALL WIND TURBINE BLADES: A WOOD LAMINATE CASE STUDY

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher James Nosti
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Life Prediction ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Wind Turbine Blades ◽  
Small Wind Turbine

scholarly journals Rain Erosion Maps for Wind Turbines Based on Geographical Locations: A Case Study in Ireland and Britain

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Pugh ◽  
M. M. Stack
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Meteorological Data ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Annual Rainfall ◽  
Wind Turbine Blades ◽  
Weather Patterns ◽  
The Uk

AbstractErosion rates of wind turbine blades are not constant, and they depend on many external factors including meteorological differences relating to global weather patterns. In order to track the degradation of the turbine blades, it is important to analyse the distribution and change in weather conditions across the country. This case study addresses rainfall in Western Europe using the UK and Ireland data to create a relationship between the erosion rate of wind turbine blades and rainfall for both countries. In order to match the appropriate erosion data to the meteorological data, 2 months of the annual rainfall were chosen, and the differences were analysed. The month of highest rain, January and month of least rain, May were selected for the study. The two variables were then combined with other data including hailstorm events and locations of wind turbine farms to create a general overview of erosion with relation to wind turbine blades.

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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