Structural investigation of composite wind turbine blade considering structural collapse in full-scale static tests

Composite Structures

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-29

  Yang, Jinshui ^a   Peng, Chaoyi ^a   Xiao, Jiayu ^a   Zeng, Jingcheng ^a   Xing, Suli ^a   Jin, Jiaotong ^b   Deng, Hang ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Zhuzhou Times New Material Technology Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Polymer matrix composites; Structural investigation; Videometrics; Wind turbine blade

Indexed keywords

BLADE TIP; COLLAPSE TESTING; COMPOSITE WIND TURBINE BLADE; EXTREME DESIGN; FAILURE LOCATIONS; INITIAL FAILURE; LOCAL DEFORMATIONS; MEASURED RESULTS; MODEL PREDICTION; PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE; SIMPLE METHOD; STATIC TESTS; STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE; STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; ULTIMATE LOADS; VIDEOMETRICS; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

ADHESIVE JOINTS; DEFORMATION; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TURBINES;

LOADING;

EID: 84871478618     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2012.10.055     Document Type: Article

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