3D damage characterisation and the role of voids in the fatigue of wind turbine blade materials

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 337-343

  Lambert, J ^a   Chambers, A R ^a   Sinclair, I ^a   Spearing, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Glass fibres; B. Fatigue; B. Matrix cracking; B. Porosity voids; Computed tomography

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES; B. POROSITY/VOIDS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICAL DAMAGE; DAMAGE MECHANISM; EDGE DELAMINATION; FATIGUE MECHANISM; FINAL FAILURES; FREE EDGE; GAUGE LENGTH; GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMERS; GLASS/EPOXY; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; INTERNAL MICROSTRUCTURE; MATRIX CRACKING; MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS; SUB-CRITICAL; SURFACE LAYERS; TENSILE FAILURES; UNI-AXIAL LOADING; WIND TURBINE BLADE MATERIALS; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

CRACKS; DELAMINATION; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; GLASS FIBERS; MECHANICAL TESTING; STEEL SHEET; STRESS ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TURBINES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84855844097     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.11.023     Document Type: Article

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