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:
- 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.
@article{osti_1059395,
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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year = {Fri Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
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