Study of the behaviour of a glass fibre reinforced epoxy composite system used for wind turbine rotor blades under biaxial load conditions

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2006, EWEC 2006

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 2303-2312

  Van Hemelrijck, D ^a   Smits, A ^a   Philippidis, T P ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties; Biaxial testing of cruciform coupons; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); D. Non destructive testing

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL TESTING; COMPLEX STRESS STATE; FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; OPTIMIZED GEOMETRIES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS);

EXHIBITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; WIND POWER;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 84876531163     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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