Increased strength in wind turbine blades through innovative structural design

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2007, EWEC 2007

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 30-39

  Paquette, J A ^a   Veers, P S ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic emissions; Carbon fiber; Flat back airfoils; Structural testing; Wind turbine blade

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; CONSTANT THICKNESS; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS; STRUCTURAL TESTING; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; AIRFOILS; CARBON FIBERS; EXHIBITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOAD TESTING; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND POWER;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 84875283072     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

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2. D. Berry, Design of 9-meter Carbon-Fiberglass Prototype Blades Final Project Report, SAND Report in preparation, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 2007.
3. D. Berry, BSDSII Final Project Report, SAND Report in preparation, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 2007.
4. J. Paquette, Static Structural Testing of a CX-100 9m Wind Turbine Blade, SAND Report in preparation, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 2007.
5. J. Paquette, Static Structural Testing of a BSDS Wind Turbine Blade, SAND Report in preparation, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 2007.
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