Design considerations for ply drops in composite wind turbine blades

35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Cairns, D S ^a   Mandell, I F ^a   Scott, M E ^a   Maccagnano, J Z ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CRACK CLOSURE; DELAMINATION; DESIGN; DROPS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE DAMAGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MANUFACTURE; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TURBINES;

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS; COMPOSITE WIND TURBINE BLADE; DAMAGE INITIATION AND GROWTHS; DELAMINATION INITIATION; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; DESIGN OF COMPOSITES; THICKNESS VARIATION; VIRTUAL CRACK CLOSURE METHOD;

TURBINE COMPONENTS;

EID: 84983143254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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