Prediction of delamination in wind turbine blade structural details

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 522-530

  Mandell, John F ^a   Cairns, Douglas S ^a   Samborsky, Daniel D ^a   Morehead, Robert B ^a   Haugen, Darrin J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACKS; DEFECTS; DELAMINATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LAMINAR FLOW; STIFFNESS; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WIND TURBINES;

FATIGUE LOADING; SHEARING MODE; SKIN STIFFIENER INTERSECTION; STATIC LOADING; VIRTUAL CRACK CLOSURE; WIND TURGINE BLADE;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 0347622717     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1624613     Document Type: Article

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