Investigation of fatigue life for a medium scale composite wind turbine blade

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 28, Issue 10 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 1382-1388

  Kong, Changduk ^a   Kim, Taekhyun ^a   Han, Dongju ^b   Sugiyama, Yoshihiko ^c  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

^b Sunaerosys Inc   (South Korea)

^c RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Composite wind turbine blade; Fatigue life; S N damage equation; Spera's empirical equations

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CYCLIC LOADS; DATA ACQUISITION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COMPOSITE WIND TURBINE BLADE; HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINE SYSTEM (HAWIS); S-N DAMAGE EQUATION; SPERA'S EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 33746126140     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.02.034     Document Type: Article

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