Materials 2017, 10(11), 1285; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10111285
Materials for Wind Turbine Blades: An Overview
Leon Mishnaevsky *
, Kim Branner, Helga Nørgaard Petersen, Justine Beauson, Malcolm McGugan and Bent F. Sørensen
, Kim Branner, Helga Nørgaard Petersen, Justine Beauson, Malcolm McGugan and Bent F. SørensenDepartment of Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 23 August 2017 / Revised: 11 October 2017 / Accepted: 13 October 2017 / Published: 9 November 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Composites for Wind Energy Applications)
Abstract
A short overview of composite materials for wind turbine applications is presented here. Requirements toward the wind turbine materials, loads, as well as available materials are reviewed. Apart from the traditional composites for wind turbine blades (glass fibers/epoxy matrix composites), natural composites, hybrid and nanoengineered composites are discussed. Manufacturing technologies for wind turbine composites, as well their testing and modelling approaches are reviewed. View Full-TextKeywords:
wind energy; composite materials; properties; reliability; modeling; manufacturing; wind turbine; blades
▼
Figures
Figure 1
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).
Share & Cite This Article
MDPI and ACS Style
Mishnaevsky, L.; Branner, K.; Petersen, H.N.; Beauson, J.; McGugan, M.; Sørensen, B.F. Materials for Wind Turbine Blades: An Overview. Materials 2017, 10, 1285.
Note that from the first issue of 2016, MDPI journals use article numbers instead of page numbers. See further details here.
Related Articles
Article Metrics
Comments
[Return to top]
Materials
EISSN 1996-1944
Published by MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
RSS
E-Mail Table of Contents Alert