Failure analysis of wind turbine blade under critical wind loads

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-118

  Chou, Jui Sheng ^a   Chiu, Chien Kuo ^a   Huang, I Kui ^a   Chi, Kai Ning ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hazard simulation; Risk management; Structural analysis; Turbine blade damage; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; BEHAVIORAL MODEL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENERGY SECURITY; ENERGY SOURCE; ENGINEERING DOCUMENT; HEAVY RAINFALL; INDUSTRIAL PARKS; LARGE WIND TURBINES; PRIVATE ENTERPRISE; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL MECHANICS; TURBINE BLADE; WIND LOAD; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

DISASTER PREVENTION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; RISK MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 84867121919     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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