Development of a Bamboo-Based Composite as a Sustainable Green Material for Wind Turbine Blades

John W. Holmes; Povl Brøndsted; Bent F. Sørensen; Zehui Jiang; Zhengjun Sun; Xuhe Chen

doi:10.1260/030952409789141053

Development of a Bamboo-Based Composite as a Sustainable Green Material for Wind Turbine Blades

John W. Holmes, Povl Brøndsted, Bent F. Sørensen, Zehui Jiang, Zhengjun Sun, Xuhe Chen

International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan

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Abstract

Bamboo has many engineering and environmental attributes that make it an attractive material for utilization in wind turbine blades. This paper examines the mechanical properties of a novel bamboo-poplar epoxy laminate which is being developed for wind turbine blades. Information provided in this paper includes an overview of the laminate construction and initial data for the monotonic tensile and compressive stress-strain behavior and tension-tension fatigue life of panels formed by hot-pressing. In addition, a discussion of fracture resistance of the bamboo-poplar laminate, under Mode I and Mode II loading conditions is provided.

Original language	English
Journal	Wind Engineering
Volume	33
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	197-210
ISSN	0309-524X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1260/030952409789141053
Publication status	Published - 2009

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Wind energy
Light strong materials for wind turbines and for transportation

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