TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent developments in the protection of wind turbine blades against leading edge erosion: Materials solutions and predictive modelling
AU - Mishnaevsky Jr., Leon
AU - Tempelis, Antonios
AU - Kuthe, Nikesh
AU - Mahajan, Puneet
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Leading edge erosion of wind turbine blades is the most often observed damage mechanism of wind turbines, which causes also a lot of costs for maintenance and repair. In this review, the recent investigations in the areas of leading edge erosion of blades, anti-erosion coatings, new materials and computational modelling of erosion are discussed. The ideas and results presented at the annual symposia on erosion of wind turbine blades, organized at DTU Wind since 2020, are reviewed. Recent studies of leading edge erosion, devoted to the computational analysis and materials science aspects of the erosion, are summarized. The application of advanced computational modelling techniques to the analysis of the damage mechanisms in leading edge coatings, effect of coating materials properties and structure on the erosion, debonding, humidity and weathering effects, potential of structured and reinforced coatings.
AB - Leading edge erosion of wind turbine blades is the most often observed damage mechanism of wind turbines, which causes also a lot of costs for maintenance and repair. In this review, the recent investigations in the areas of leading edge erosion of blades, anti-erosion coatings, new materials and computational modelling of erosion are discussed. The ideas and results presented at the annual symposia on erosion of wind turbine blades, organized at DTU Wind since 2020, are reviewed. Recent studies of leading edge erosion, devoted to the computational analysis and materials science aspects of the erosion, are summarized. The application of advanced computational modelling techniques to the analysis of the damage mechanisms in leading edge coatings, effect of coating materials properties and structure on the erosion, debonding, humidity and weathering effects, potential of structured and reinforced coatings.
KW - Wind turbine blade
KW - Coating
KW - Voids
KW - Finite element technique
U2 - 10.1016/j.renene.2023.118966
DO - 10.1016/j.renene.2023.118966
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0960-1481
VL - 215
JO - Renewable Energy
JF - Renewable Energy
M1 - 118966
ER -