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Failure Test and Finite Element Simulation of a Large Wind Turbine Composite Blade under Static Loading

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  • Xiao Chen

    (Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.11 Beisihuan West Road, Beijing 100190, China
    National Laboratory of Wind Turbine Blade Research & Development Center, No.11 Beisihuan West Road, Beijing 100190, China
    Engineering Research Center on Wind Turbine Blades of Hebei Province, No.2011 Xiangyang North Street, Baoding 071051, Hebei, China)

  • Wei Zhao

    (Engineering Research Center on Wind Turbine Blades of Hebei Province, No.2011 Xiangyang North Street, Baoding 071051, Hebei, China)

  • Xiao Lu Zhao

    (Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.11 Beisihuan West Road, Beijing 100190, China
    National Laboratory of Wind Turbine Blade Research & Development Center, No.11 Beisihuan West Road, Beijing 100190, China
    Engineering Research Center on Wind Turbine Blades of Hebei Province, No.2011 Xiangyang North Street, Baoding 071051, Hebei, China)

  • Jian Zhong Xu

    (Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.11 Beisihuan West Road, Beijing 100190, China
    National Laboratory of Wind Turbine Blade Research & Development Center, No.11 Beisihuan West Road, Beijing 100190, China
    Engineering Research Center on Wind Turbine Blades of Hebei Province, No.2011 Xiangyang North Street, Baoding 071051, Hebei, China)

Abstract

This study presented a failure analysis of a 52.3 m composite wind turbine blade under static loading. Complex failure characteristics exhibited at the transition region of the blade were thoroughly examined and typical failure modes were indentified. In order to predict multiple failure modes observed in the tests and gain more insights into the failure mechanisms of the blade, a Finite Element (FE) simulation was performed using a global-local modeling approach and Progressive Failure Analysis (PFA) techniques which took into account material failure and property degradation. Failure process and failure characteristics of the transition region were satisfactorily reproduced in the simulation, and it was found that accumulated delamination in spar cap and shear web failure at the transition region were the main reasons for the blade to collapse. Local buckling played an important role in the failure process by increasing local out-of-plane deformation, while the Brazier effect was found not to be responsible for the blade failure.

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  • Xiao Chen & Wei Zhao & Xiao Lu Zhao & Jian Zhong Xu, 2014. "Failure Test and Finite Element Simulation of a Large Wind Turbine Composite Blade under Static Loading," Energies, MDPI, vol. 7(4), pages 1-24, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:7:y:2014:i:4:p:2274-2297:d:34929
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