A dual de-icing system for wind turbine blades combining high-power ultrasonic guided waves and low-frequency forced vibrations

Renewable Energy

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 859-870

  Habibi, Hossein ^a   Cheng, Liang ^a   Zheng, Haitao ^a   Kappatos, Vassilios ^a   Selcuk, Cem ^a   Gan, Tat Hean ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

De icing; Fatigue; Low frequency vibration; Ultrasonic guided waves; Wind turbine blades

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; ICE; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL; TURBINE COMPONENTS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; VIBRATION ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

DE-ICING; ENERGY CONCENTRATION; HIGH-POWER ULTRASONICS; LOW-FREQUENCY VIBRATION; MODELLING STUDIES; RELIABLE OPERATION; ULTRASONIC GUIDED WAVE; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FATIGUE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; VIBRATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84930937037     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.05.025     Document Type: Article

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