Cross-Sectional Deformation of Wind Turbine Rotor Blades
- authored by
- Julia Gebauer, Claudio Balzani
- Abstract
Wind turbines are exposed to a wide range of external conditions and resulting loads. This work investigates the influence of these loads on the deformation of different cross-sections of a rotor blade. A 3D finite element model is created and several simulations with different load distributions are carried out. Following classical beam theories, a cross-section that is planar in the undeformed configuration is assumed to
remain planar. Two procedures to find this plane are proposed. The cross-sectional deformations are discussed in the context of magnitude and qualitative distribution of internal loads.- Organisation(s)
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Institute of Wind Energy Systems
- Type
- Conference contribution
- Pages
- 309-315
- No. of pages
- 7
- Publication date
- 19.06.2023
- Publication status
- Published
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
