PRE-and POST-THIN: A tool for the probabilistic design and analysis of composite rotor blade strength

Wind Energy

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 676-691

  Lekou, D J ^a   Philippidis, T P ^b  

^a Centre for Renewable Energy Sources   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Material properties; Reliability; Wind turbine blade

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; RELIABILITY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TURBINE COMPONENTS; WIND TURBINES;

ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL PROPERTIES; COMPOSITE ROTOR BLADE; FIBRE REINFORCED PLASTIC (FRP); PROBABILISTIC DESIGN; PROBABILISTIC METHODS; RELIABILITY ESTIMATION; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

DESIGN METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 70350731621     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.322     Document Type: Article

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