Composite materials fatigue issues in wind turbine blade construction

International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition (Proceedings)

Volumn 52, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mandell, John F ^a   Samborsky, Daniel D ^a   Agastra, Pancasatya ^a  

^a Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber composites; Fatigue; Glass fiber composites; Wind turbine blade technology

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE BONDS; CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES; COMPOSITE LAMINATES; COMPOSITES STRUCTURES; COST CONSTRAINTS; DAMAGE FAILURES; FATIGUE; FATIGUE LOADINGS; FIBER CONTENTS; GLASS FIBER COMPOSITES; HIGH CYCLES; LOW COSTS; LOW STRAINS; SERVICE ENVIRONMENTS; WIND TURBINE BLADE TECHNOLOGY; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ENGINES; FABRICS; FIBERS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GLASS; GLASS FIBERS; MATERIALS; PAPER LAMINATES; RESINS; TURBINES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

BLADES; COMPOSITES; FAILURE; LAMINATED PLASTIC; TURBINES;

EID: 57649086444     PISSN: 08910138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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