Composite materials for innovative wind turbine blades

International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition (Proceedings)

Volumn 52, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ashwill, Thomas D ^a   Paquette, Joshua A ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber composites; Failure criteria failure mechanisms; Fatigue fatigue resistance; Glass fiber composites; Prepreg materials prepreg properties; Resins materials epoxy; Resins materials polyester vinyl ester; Testing evaluation; Wind turbine blade technology

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES; FAILURE CRITERIA/FAILURE MECHANISMS; FATIGUE/FATIGUE RESISTANCE; GLASS FIBER COMPOSITES; PREPREG MATERIALS/PREPREG PROPERTIES; RESINS/MATERIALS-EPOXY; RESINS/MATERIALS-POLYESTER/VINYL ESTER; TESTING/EVALUATION; WIND TURBINE BLADE TECHNOLOGY;

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ENGINES; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FIBERS; GLASS; GLASS FIBERS; INNOVATION; MATERIALS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PAPER LAMINATES; TECHNOLOGY; TURBINES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

EPOXY RESINS;

EID: 57649106099     PISSN: 08910138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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