Advances in wind turbine blade design and materials. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Povl Brondsted, Rogier P.L. Nijssen.
• Editors: Brøndsted, Povl; Nijssen, Rogier P. L
• Contents: 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
• Edition: 2nd edition
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Woodhead Publishing
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 621.45; Turbines -- Blades -- Design and construction; Turbines -- Blades -- Materials; Wind turbines -- Design and construction; Wind turbines -- Materials; Wind turbines -- Aerodynamics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780081030080
• Related ISBNs: 9780081030073
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