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Title: Effect of Manufacturing-Induced Defects on Reliability of Composite Wind Turbine Blades

Abstract

In support of DOE's efforts on developing affordable, reliable domestic wind power, this ARRA project brought together a strong, complementary team from academia (University of Massachusetts Lowell), two DOE laboratories (NREL and Sandia), and a major wind turbine blade manufacturer (TPI) to address one of the key issues affecting wind power cost and reliability manufacturing-induced defects in the blades. The complexity of this problem required the assembled team's expertise in materials specifically textile and composite structures finite element modeling, composites manufacturing, mechanical characterization, structural dynamics, nondestructive inspection (NDI) and structural health monitoring (SHM), sensors, and wind turbine blade testing. This final report summarizes the results of this project.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE EERE
OSTI Identifier:
1059395
Report Number(s):
Final Report
DOE Contract Number:  
EE0001374
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
17 WIND ENERGY; Composite Wind Turbine Blades, Composites Manufacturing, Reliability, Structural Health Monitoring, Digital Image Correlation, Modal Analysis, Finite element modeling

Citation Formats

Chen, Julie, Niezrecki, Christopher, Sherwood, James, Avitabile, Peter, Rumsey, Mark, Hughes, Scott, Nolet, Stephen, and et al. Effect of Manufacturing-Induced Defects on Reliability of Composite Wind Turbine Blades. United States: N. p., 2012. Web.
Chen, Julie, Niezrecki, Christopher, Sherwood, James, Avitabile, Peter, Rumsey, Mark, Hughes, Scott, Nolet, Stephen, & et al. Effect of Manufacturing-Induced Defects on Reliability of Composite Wind Turbine Blades. United States.
Chen, Julie, Niezrecki, Christopher, Sherwood, James, Avitabile, Peter, Rumsey, Mark, Hughes, Scott, Nolet, Stephen, and et al. 2012. "Effect of Manufacturing-Induced Defects on Reliability of Composite Wind Turbine Blades". United States.
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title = {Effect of Manufacturing-Induced Defects on Reliability of Composite Wind Turbine Blades},
author = {Chen, Julie and Niezrecki, Christopher and Sherwood, James and Avitabile, Peter and Rumsey, Mark and Hughes, Scott and Nolet, Stephen and et al.},
abstractNote = {In support of DOE's efforts on developing affordable, reliable domestic wind power, this ARRA project brought together a strong, complementary team from academia (University of Massachusetts Lowell), two DOE laboratories (NREL and Sandia), and a major wind turbine blade manufacturer (TPI) to address one of the key issues affecting wind power cost and reliability manufacturing-induced defects in the blades. The complexity of this problem required the assembled team's expertise in materials specifically textile and composite structures finite element modeling, composites manufacturing, mechanical characterization, structural dynamics, nondestructive inspection (NDI) and structural health monitoring (SHM), sensors, and wind turbine blade testing. This final report summarizes the results of this project.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1059395}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
month = {Fri Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2012}
}

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