Wind energy is gaining critical ground in the area of renewable energy, with wind energy being predicted to provide up to 8% of the world’s consumption of electricity by 2021. Advances in wind turbine blade design and materials reviews the design and functionality of wind turbine rotor blades as well as the requirements and challenges for composite materials used in both current and future designs of wind turbine blades.
Part one outlines the challenges and developments in wind turbine blade design, including aerodynamic and aeroelastic design features, fatigue loads on wind turbine blades, and characteristics of wind turbine blade airfoils. Part two discusses the fatigue behavior of composite wind turbine blades, including the micromechanical modelling and fatigue life prediction of wind turbine blade composite materials, and the effects of resin and reinforcement variations on the fatigue resistance of wind turbine blades. The final part of the book describes advances in wind turbine blade materials, development and testing, including biobased composites, surface protection and coatings, structural performance testing and the design, manufacture and testing of small wind turbine blades.
Advances in wind turbine blade design and materials offers a comprehensive review of the recent advances and challenges encountered in wind turbine blade materials and design, and will provide an invaluable reference for researchers and innovators in the field of wind energy production, including materials scientists and engineers, wind turbine blade manufacturers and maintenance technicians, scientists, researchers and academics.
1. Introduction - p. xvii 2. Part I: Wind turbine blade design: challenges and developments - p. xxii 3. Chapter 1: Introduction to wind turbine blade design - p. xxii 4. Chapter 2: Loads on wind turbine blades - p. 28 5. Chapter 3: Aerodynamic design of wind turbine rotors - p. 58 6. Chapter 4: Aerodynamic characteristics of wind turbine blade airfoils - p. 108 7. Chapter 5: Aeroelastic design of wind turbine blades - p. 149 8. Part II: Fatigue behaviour of composite wind turbine blades - p. 172 9. Chapter 6: Fatigue as a design driver for composite wind turbine blades - p. 172 10. Chapter 7: Effects of resin and reinforcement variations on fatigue resistance of wind turbine blades - p. 209 11. Chapter 8: Fatigue life prediction of wind turbine blade composite materials - p. 250 12. Chapter 9: Micromechanical modelling of wind turbine blade materials - p. 297 13. Chapter 10: Probabilistic design of wind turbine blades - p. 324 14. Part III: Advances in wind turbine blade materials, development and testing - p. 359 15. Chapter 11: Biobased composites: materials, properties and potential applications as wind turbine blade materials - p. 359 16. Chapter 12: Surface protection and coatings for wind turbine rotor blades - p. 386 17. Chapter 13: Design, manufacture and testing of small wind turbine blades - p. 412 18. Chapter 14: Wind turbine blade structural performance testing - p. 431 19. Index - p. 445
Wind energy is gaining critical ground in the area of renewable energy, with wind energy being predicted to provide up to 8% of the world’s consumption of electricity by 2021. Advances in wind turbine blade design and materials reviews the design and functionality of wind turbine rotor blades as well as the requirements and challenges for composite materials used in both current and future designs of wind turbine blades.
Part one outlines the challenges and developments in wind turbine blade design, including aerodynamic and aeroelastic design features, fatigue loads on wind turbine blades, and characteristics of wind turbine blade airfoils. Part two discusses the fatigue behavior of composite wind turbine blades, including the micromechanical modelling and fatigue life prediction of wind turbine blade composite materials, and the effects of resin and reinforcement variations on the fatigue resistance of wind turbine blades. The final part of the book describes advances in wind turbine blade materials, development and testing, including biobased composites, surface protection and coatings, structural performance testing and the design, manufacture and testing of small wind turbine blades.
Advances in wind turbine blade design and materials offers a comprehensive review of the recent advances and challenges encountered in wind turbine blade materials and design, and will provide an invaluable reference for researchers and innovators in the field of wind energy production, including materials scientists and engineers, wind turbine blade manufacturers and maintenance technicians, scientists, researchers and academics.
1. Introduction - p. xvii 2. Part I: Wind turbine blade design: challenges and developments - p. xxii 3. Chapter 1: Introduction to wind turbine blade design - p. xxii 4. Chapter 2: Loads on wind turbine blades - p. 28 5. Chapter 3: Aerodynamic design of wind turbine rotors - p. 58 6. Chapter 4: Aerodynamic characteristics of wind turbine blade airfoils - p. 108 7. Chapter 5: Aeroelastic design of wind turbine blades - p. 149 8. Part II: Fatigue behaviour of composite wind turbine blades - p. 172 9. Chapter 6: Fatigue as a design driver for composite wind turbine blades - p. 172 10. Chapter 7: Effects of resin and reinforcement variations on fatigue resistance of wind turbine blades - p. 209 11. Chapter 8: Fatigue life prediction of wind turbine blade composite materials - p. 250 12. Chapter 9: Micromechanical modelling of wind turbine blade materials - p. 297 13. Chapter 10: Probabilistic design of wind turbine blades - p. 324 14. Part III: Advances in wind turbine blade materials, development and testing - p. 359 15. Chapter 11: Biobased composites: materials, properties and potential applications as wind turbine blade materials - p. 359 16. Chapter 12: Surface protection and coatings for wind turbine rotor blades - p. 386 17. Chapter 13: Design, manufacture and testing of small wind turbine blades - p. 412 18. Chapter 14: Wind turbine blade structural performance testing - p. 431 19. Index - p. 445
