Advances in Wind Turbine Blade Design and Materials

ISBN 10: 0857094262 / ISBN 13: 9780857094261

Published by Woodhead Publishing, 2013

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Synopsis:

Advances in wind turbine blade design and materials provides a comprehensive review of the design and functionality of wind turbine rotor blades as well as the requirements and challenges for composite materials used in wind turbine blade design. This book is an invaluable reference for materials scientists and engineers, wind turbine blade manufacturers and maintenance technicians, scientists, researchers and academics. The first part of the book outlines the challenges and developments in wind turbine blade design. A second group of chapters discusses the fatigue behaviour of composite wind turbine blades, and the final section describes advances in wind turbine blade materials, development and testing.

Key Features: reviews the design and functionality of wind turbine rotor blades; examines the requirements and challenges for composite materials used in both current and future designs of wind turbine blades; provides an invaluable reference for researchers and innovators in the field of wind energy production.

Contents: Part 1 Wind turbine blade design: challenges and developments: Introduction to wind turbine blade design; Loads on wind turbine blades; Aerodynamic design of wind turbine rotors; Aerodynamic characteristics of wind turbine blade airfoils; Aeroelastic design of wind turbine blades. Part 2 Fatigue behaviour of composite wind turbine blades: Fatigue as a design driver for composite wind turbine blades; Effects of resin and reinforcement variations on fatigue resistance of wind turbine blades; Fatigue life prediction of wind turbine blade composite materials; Micromechanical modelling of wind turbine blade materials; Probabilistic design of wind turbine blades. Part 3 Advances in wind turbine blade materials, development and testing: Biobased composites: materials, properties and potential applications as wind turbine blade materials; Surface protection and coatings for wind turbine rotor blades; Design, manufacture and testing of small wind turbine blades; Wind turbine blade structural performance testing.

About the Author: Prof. Povl Brøndsted leads a research program on composites and material mechanics at the Materials Research Department in the National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy at the Technical University of Denmark. Dr Rogier Nijssen is a research scientist at the Knowledge Centre Wind Turbine Materials and Constructions, The Netherlands. Their research has been both in research contracts and in public projects. Brøndsted and Nijssen have worked together in material research consortia such as the European Optimat and Upwind projects.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Advances in Wind Turbine Blade Design and ...
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket