Development of a High‐fidelity Experimental Substructure Test Rig for Grid‐scored Sandwich Panels in Wind Turbine Blades
Development of a High‐fidelity Experimental Substructure Test Rig for Grid‐scored Sandwich Panels in Wind Turbine Blades
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开发用于风力涡轮机叶片网格刻划夹层板的高保真实验子结构测试台
DOI:
10.1111/str.12072
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发表时间:
2014
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影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Ole Thybo Thomsen
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作者:
Steffen Laustsen;Erik Lund;L. Kühlmeier;Ole Thybo Thomsen
This paper outlines high‐fidelity experimental substructure testing of sandwich panels which constitute the aerodynamic outer shell of modern wind turbine blades. A full‐scale structural experimental and numerical characterisation of a composite wind turbine blade has been conducted. The development of a full‐scale numerical model is detailed, and the necessary experimental set‐up is described. Further, the numerical and experimental results obtained are compared, and an idealised set of boundary conditions for a chosen blade substructure is presented. From this, the development of a test rig suitable for representing the established loading and boundary conditions is presented, and some preliminary experimental results are discussed. The work provides a road map for developing high‐fidelity experimental substructure tests, which in more generic terms are applicable to similar developments of substructure tests for composite wind turbine blades. Furthermore, recommendations on the use of grid‐scored sandwich structures in wind turbine blades are presented, which outline the sensitivity in terms of quasi‐static strength to the established loading conditions.