
Advances in Wind Turbine Blade Design and Materials
- 2nd Edition - January 14, 2023
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Povl Brondsted, Rogier P. L Nijssen, Stergios Goutianos
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 3 0 0 7 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 3 0 0 8 - 0
Advances in Wind Turbine Blade Design and Materials, Second Edition, builds on the thorough review of the design and functionality of wind turbine rotor blades and the requir… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Wind Turbine Blade Design and Materials, Second Edition, builds on the thorough review of the design and functionality of wind turbine rotor blades and the requirements and challenges for composite materials used in both current and future designs of wind turbine blades.
- 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
Materials scientists and engineers; Wind turbine blade manufacturers and maintenance technicians; Wind industry professionals, composite materials professionals, resin and fiber/fabric professionals; Scientists, researchers and academics in the field of composite materials and structures
Part I: Wind turbine blade design: challenges and developments
1. Introduction to wind turbine blade design
2. Loads on wind turbine blades
3. Aerodynamic design of wind turbine rotors
4. Aerodynamic characteristics of wind turbine blade airfoils
5. Aeroelastic design of wind turbine blades
Part II: Fatigue behaviour of composite wind turbine blades
6. Fatigue as a design driver for composite wind turbine blades
7. Effects of resin and reinforcement variations on fatigue resistance of wind turbine blades
8. Fatigue life prediction of wind turbine blade composite materials
9. Micromechanical modelling of wind turbine blade materials
10. Probabilistic design of wind turbine blades
Part III: Advances in wind turbine blade materials, development and testing
11. Biobased composites: materials, properties and potential applications as wind turbine blade materials
12. Surface protection and coatings for wind turbine rotor blades
13. Design, manufacture and testing of small wind turbine blades
14. Wind turbine blade structural performance testing
1. Introduction to wind turbine blade design
2. Loads on wind turbine blades
3. Aerodynamic design of wind turbine rotors
4. Aerodynamic characteristics of wind turbine blade airfoils
5. Aeroelastic design of wind turbine blades
Part II: Fatigue behaviour of composite wind turbine blades
6. Fatigue as a design driver for composite wind turbine blades
7. Effects of resin and reinforcement variations on fatigue resistance of wind turbine blades
8. Fatigue life prediction of wind turbine blade composite materials
9. Micromechanical modelling of wind turbine blade materials
10. Probabilistic design of wind turbine blades
Part III: Advances in wind turbine blade materials, development and testing
11. Biobased composites: materials, properties and potential applications as wind turbine blade materials
12. Surface protection and coatings for wind turbine rotor blades
13. Design, manufacture and testing of small wind turbine blades
14. Wind turbine blade structural performance testing
- Edition: 2
- Published: January 14, 2023
- No. of pages (Paperback): 510
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081030073
- eBook ISBN: 9780081030080
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Povl Brondsted
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.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Risø-DTU National Laboratory of Sustainable Energy, DenmarkRN
Rogier P. L Nijssen
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.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Scientist, Wind Turbine Materials and Constructions (WMC), The NetherlandsSG
Stergios Goutianos
Dr Stergios Goutianos is Senior Researcher, Department of Wind Energy, Composites and Materials Mechanics, DTU, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
Areas of interest, inter-fibre, fibrous networks, fracture resistance, mix load, fatigue testing in wind turbines
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, Department of Wind Energy, Composites and Materials Mechanics, DTU, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, DemarkRead Advances in Wind Turbine Blade Design and Materials on ScienceDirect