| Evaluation of the durability of composite tidal turbine blades. | |
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PMID: 23319705 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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The long-term reliability of tidal turbines is critical if these structures are to be cost effective. Optimized design requires a combination of material durability models and structural analyses. Composites are a natural choice for turbine blades, but there are few data available to predict material behaviour under coupled environmental and cycling loading. The present study addresses this problem, by introducing a multi-level framework for turbine blade qualification. At the material scale, static and cyclic tests have been performed, both in air and in sea water. The influence of ageing in sea water on fatigue performance is then quantified, and much lower fatigue lives are measured after ageing. At a higher level, flume tank tests have been performed on three-blade tidal turbines. Strain gauging of blades has provided data to compare with numerical models. |
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Peter Davies; Grégory Germain; Benoît Gaurier; Amélie Boisseau; Dominique Perreux |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2013-01-14 |
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Title: Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences Volume: 371 ISSN: 1364-503X ISO Abbreviation: Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci Publication Date: 2013 Feb |
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Created Date: 2013-01-15 Completed Date: 2013-02-21 Revised Date: 2013-04-24 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101133385 Medline TA: Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 20120187 Citation Subset: - |
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Materials and Structures Group, IFREMER Brest Centre, 29280 Plouzané, France. peter.davies@ifremer.fr |
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