Advances in Wind Turbine Blade Design and Materials

This revised and fully updated Second Edition of the best-selling title Advances in wind turbine blade design and materials 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 bladesExamines the requirements and challenges for composite materials used in both current and future designs of wind turbine bladesProvides an invaluable reference for researchers and innovators in the field of wind INDICE: 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

• ISBN: 9780081030073
• Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 474
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés