The effect of mean stress on damage predictions for spectral loading of fibreglass composite coupons

Wind Energy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-108

  Sutherland, Herbert J ^a   Mandell, John F ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blades; Fatigue; Fibreglass; Spectral; Wind

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GLASS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

BLADES; FATIGUE; FIBERGLASS; LONG-TERM INFLOW AND STRUCTURAL TEST (LIST) PROGRAM; SPECTRAL LOADING;

WIND TURBINES;

BLADE; DAMAGE; FATIGUE; LOADING; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 13244252388     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.125     Document Type: Conference Paper

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