Numerical validation of a finite element thin-walled beam model of a composite wind turbine blade

Wind Energy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-223

  Cárdenas, Diego ^a   Escárpita, Alejandro A ^a   Elizalde, Hugo ^a   Aguirre, Juan José ^a   Ahuett, Horacio ^a   Marzocca, Piergiovanni ^b   Probst, Oliver ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

composite materials; finite element model; thin walled beam; wind turbine rotor blade

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTATION THEORY; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODELS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; REINFORCEMENT; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES; TURBINE COMPONENTS; WIND TURBINES;

COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE TOOLS; COMPOSITE WIND TURBINE BLADE; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; THIN-WALLED BEAM; WIND TURBINE ROTORS;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS SECTION; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RESONANCE; SOFTWARE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84859100310     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.462     Document Type: Article

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