Manufacturing methods for assessing the impact of wrinkles in wind turbine blades

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Abstract

Wrinkles are defects prone to occur during the manufacturing process of wind turbine blades. Wrinkles can emerge at various locations of the structure, exhibiting a range of diverse shapes. Different manufacturing steps can lead to different defect types. This work presents different manufacturing methods to embed artificial wrinkle defects in laminates representing a typical defect that can be found in a wind turbine blade. Several methods are tested at coupon scale to design a critical wrinkle defect that can lead to the blade structural knock-down on the mechanical performance during high cycle fatigue operation. Following the selection of the defect types for investigation at the test coupon scale, the corresponding defect types are embedded while manufacturing a 12.6 m wind turbine blade.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication43rd Risoe International Symposium on Materials Science
Number of pages8
Volume1293
PublisherIOP Publishing
Publication date2023
Article number012029
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event43rd Risø International Symposium on Materials Science - Risø, Roskilde, Denmark
Duration: 4 Sept 20237 Sept 2023

Conference

Conference43rd Risø International Symposium on Materials Science
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityRisø, Roskilde
Period04/09/202307/09/2023
SeriesIOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
ISSN1757-8981

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