Structural testing of 9 m carbon fiber wind turbine research blades

Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 14, Issue , 2007, Pages 9922-9932

  Paquette, Joshua ^a,c,d   Van Dam, Jeroen ^b,e   Hughes, Scott ^b,e  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MS 1124   (United States)

^d Global Energy Concepts LLC   (United States)

^e Dynamic Design Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; AIRFOILS; CARBON FIBERS; MACHINE DESIGN; MICROPHONES; WIND EFFECTS;

CARBON FIBER WIND TURBINE BLADES; CARBON SPAR CAPS; INFUSION PROCESSES; WIND LOADS;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 34250899721     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-816     Document Type: Conference Paper

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