Distribution of defects in wind turbine blades and reliability assessment of blades containing defects

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009, EWEC 2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 344-371

  Toft, Henrik Stensgaard ^a   Berring, Peter ^a   Branner, Kim ^a   Sørensen, John Dalsgaard ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT SIZES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NONDESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; POTENTIAL DEFECTS; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; PRODUCTION PROCESS; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; STOCHASTIC VARIABLE; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

DELAMINATION; EXHIBITIONS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

DEFECTS;

EID: 84870014892     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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