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Informationen zum Autor 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. This book provides an authoritative overview of developments in wind turbine blade design and materials. The opening chapters focus on design challenges and developments. Chapters in the second section of the book review advanced materials and wind turbine blade manufacture. This book provides an authoritative overview of developments in wind turbine blade design and materials. The opening chapters focus on design challenges and developments. Chapters in the second section of the book review advanced materials and wind turbine blade manufacture.
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Introduction
Part I: Wind turbine blade design: challenges and developments
Chapter 1: Introduction to wind turbine blade design
Abstract:
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Design principles and failure mechanisms
1.3 Challenges and future trends
Chapter 2: Loads on wind turbine blades
Abstract:
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Types of load
2.3 Generation of loads
2.4 Fatigue and extreme loads
2.5 Design verification testing
2.6 Challenges and future trends
2.7 Sources of further information and advice
Chapter 3: Aerodynamic design of wind turbine rotors
Abstract:
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The blade element momentum (BEM) method
3.3 Important parameters in aerodynamic rotor design
3.4 Particular design parameters
3.5 An example of the rotor design process
3.6 Future trends
3.7 Sources of further information and advice
3.8 Acknowledgements
Chapter 4: Aerodynamic characteristics of wind turbine blade airfoils
Abstract:
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Computational methods
4.3 Desired characteristics
4.4 The effect of leading edge contamination (roughness) and Reynolds number
4.5 Airfoil testing
4.6 Airfoil characteristics at high angles of attack
4.7 Correction for centrifugal and Coriolis forces
4.8 Establishing data for blade design
4.9 Future trends
Chapter 5: Aeroelastic design of wind turbine blades
Abstract:
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Wind turbine blade aeroelasticity
5.3 Blade design
Conclusion
5.4 Complete turbine design
5.5 Challenges and future trends
5.6 Sources of further information and advice
Part II: Fatigue behaviour of composite wind turbine blades
Chapter 6: Fatigue as a design driver for composite wind turbine blades
Abstract:
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Materials in blades
6.3 Blade structure and components
6.4 Fundamentals of wind turbine blade fatigue
6.5 Research into wind turbine blade fatigue and its modelling
6.6 Future trends
6.7 Conclusion
Chapter 7: Effects of resin and reinforcement variations on fatigue resistance of wind turbine blades
Abstract:
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Effects of loading conditions for glass and carbon laminates
7.3 Tensile fatigue trends with laminate construction and fiber content for glass fiber laminates
7.4 Effects of resin and fabric structure on tensile fatigue resistance
7.5 Delamination and material transitions
7.6 Comparison of fatigue trends for blade materials
7.7 Conclusion
7.8 Future trends
7.9 Sources of further information and advice
7.10 Acknowledgments
Chapter 8: Fatigue life prediction of wind turbine blade composite materials
Abstract:
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Macroscopic failure theories
8.3 Strength and stiffness degradation fatigue theories
8.4 Fracture mechanics fatigue theories
8.5 Case study: Phenomenological fatigue life prediction
8.6 Future trends
Chapter 9: Micromechanical modelling of wind turbine blade materials
Abstract:
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Analytical models of the mechanical behaviour, strength and damage of fibre-reinforced composites: an overview
9.3 Unit cell modelling of fibre-reinforced composites
9.4 Three-dimensional modelling of composite degradation under tensile loading
9.5 Carbon fibre-reinforced composites: statistical and compressive loading effects
9.6 Hierarchical composites with nanoengineered matrix
9.7 Conclusions and future trends
9.8 Sources of further information and advice
9.9 Acknowledgements
Chapter 10:
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"Mechanical and chemical engineers describe developments in the engineering of rotor blades for a wind turbine, evaluate the challenges in rotor blade design, and discuss the requirements and challenges for the composite material to be used in the wind turbine blades of the future. Their topics include the aerodynamic design of wind turbine rotors, aerodynamic characteristics of the blade airfoils, effects of resin and reinforcement variations on fatigue resistance." --ProtoView.com, February 2014
"Edited by two academic leaders in this field, this eagerly awaited collection of papers offers an authoritative, highly technical overview of developments in wind turbine blade design and the various materials used in their construction." --Real Power, Autumn 2013
