Multidisciplinary design optimization for glass-fiber epoxy-matrix composite 5 MW horizontal-axis wind-turbine blades

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1116-1127

  Grujicic, M ^a   Arakere, G ^a   Pandurangan, B ^a   Sellappan, V ^b   Vallejo, A ^b   Ozen, M ^b  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b Ozen Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Design optimization; Fatigue life assessment; Horizontal axis wind turbine blades

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DESIGNS; ANNUAL ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; BLADE DESIGN; BLADE MASS; BLADE STIFFNESS; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; COST OF ENERGIES; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; ENERGY CAPTURE; EPOXY-MATRIX COMPOSITE; FABRICATION PROCESS; FATIGUE LIFE ASSESSMENT; FIBER REINFORCED EPOXY; FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT; HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DESIGNS; MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; POST PROCESSING; PRODUCTION COST; PRODUCTION RUN; QUASI-STATIC STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL FINITE ELEMENTS; SURFACE AREA; TURBINE BLADE;

AERODYNAMICS; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DESIGN; DURABILITY; GLASS; LIFE CYCLE; STIFFNESS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 78149283414     PISSN: 10599495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11665-010-9596-2     Document Type: Article

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