Sandwich materials for wind turbine blades - Present and future

Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-26

  Thomsen, Ole Thybo ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Challenges.; Composite wind turbine blades; Design; Sandwich

Indexed keywords

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON FIBERS; DESIGN; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENGINES; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GLASS FIBERS; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERIC GLASS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

CHALLENGES.; COMPOSITE WIND TURBINE BLADES; DESIGN ISSUES; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITES; LARGE WIND TURBINES; MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES; POWER OUTPUTS; ROTOR DIAMETERS; SANDWICH; SANDWICH COMPOSITES; SANDWICH MATERIALS; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

TURBINES;

EID: 58149529707     PISSN: 10996362     EISSN: 15307972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099636208099710     Document Type: Article

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