Development of novel Self-healing polymer composites for use in Wind turbine blades

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Matt, Arun Kumar Koralagundi ^a   Strong, Shawn ^a   Elgammal, Tarek ^a   Amano, Ryoichi S ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

Author keywords

3D tubing; Dynamic mechnical analysis (DMA); Fiber reinforced composites; Self healing; Thermoset polymers; Vascular network; Wind turbine blade

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT; SELF-HEALING MATERIALS; TURBINE COMPONENTS; WIND TURBINES;

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES; SELF-HEALING; THERMOSET POLYMERS; VASCULAR NETWORK; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 85050578519     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: 15288994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4029912     Document Type: Article

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