Application and analysis of sandwich elements in the primary structure of large wind turbine blades

Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 525-552

  Berggreen, C ^a   Branner, K ^a   Jensen, J F ^a   Schultz, J P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Buckling; FEA; Sandwich; Sensitivity analysis; Wind turbine blades

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WIND TURBINES;

SANDWICH FLANGES; SINGLE SKIN DESIGN; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 35448936446     PISSN: 10996362     EISSN: 15307972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099636207069071     Document Type: Article

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