Title :
Preliminary study on a fabric-covered wind turbine blade
Author :
Jae-Sung Bae; Dong-Guk Choi; Soo-Yong Lee; Cheol Yoo; Dae-jin Kim
Author_Institution :
School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University, Goyang-city, Korea
Abstract :
The present study introduces a fabric-covered wind turbine blade design technology. The fabric-covered wind turbine blade is composed of metal or composite spars, ribs, and covering fabrics. In the present study its feasibility has been investigated by comparing the structural properties of the blade sections with those of the references. These properties are calculated by VABS which implements a nonlinear 3D beam in to a 2D cross sectional analysis and a 1D nonlinear beam analysis.
Keywords :
"Blades","Wind turbines","Metals","Fabrics","Carbon","Aerospace engineering","Wind energy"
Conference_Titel :
Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA), 2015 International Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ICRERA.2015.7418598
