Fiber waviness induced strength knockdowns in composite materials used in wind turbine blades

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2010, EWEC 2010

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages 4692-4698

  Yerramalli, Chandra S ^a   Miebach, Thomas ^a   Chandraseker, Karthick ^a   Quek, Shu Ching ^a  

^a One Research Circle ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Fiber waviness; UD composites; Wrinkles

Indexed keywords

BENDING LOAD; BLADE DESIGN; COMPOSITE PARTS; COMPRESSIVE LOADS; FIBER WAVINESS; HIGH SPECIFIC STIFFNESS; LARGE PARTS; LENGTH SCALE; LOAD-CARRYING STRUCTURE; MICRO-MECHANICAL MODELING; PREMATURE FAILURES; SPECIFIC STRENGTH; STRENGTH DESIGN; TEST DATA; UNIDIRECTIONAL FIBERS; WIND TURBINE BLADES; WIND TURBINE INDUSTRY; WRINKLES;

ASPECT RATIO; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEFECTS; EXHIBITIONS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

FIBERS;

AUTOMOBILES; BLADES; COMPOSITES; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; DEFECTS; EXHIBITIONS; FIBERS; WAVINESS; WIND; WRINKLES;

EID: 84870003042     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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