Event Title

Equivalent Load Profile Development For Fatigue Testing Of A 13-Metre Wind Turbine Blade

Presenter Information

Afrooz Kazemi Vanhari, Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland; MaREI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine, Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
Edward Fagan, Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland; MaREI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine, Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
Yadong Jiang, School of Engineering, National University of Ireland, Galway;Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway; SFI MaREI Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Patrick Meier, Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland; MaREI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine, Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
William Finnegan, Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland; MaREI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine, Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
Jamie Goggins, School of Engineering, National University of Ireland, Galway;Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway; SFI MaREI Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Location

Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland

Event Website

https://event.ceri2020.exordo.com/

Start Date

27-8-2020 4:15 PM

End Date

27-8-2020 5:30 PM

Description

As blades are a key component of wind turbines, blade manufacturers are required to carry out static and fatigue tests of full-scale blades as part of the certification process prior to their deployment for commercial use. A 13-meter turbine blade is existing in the Large Structure Research Laboratory located in the Alice Perry Engineering Building, NUI Galway. We are going to test the blade (static and fatigue) in both the edgewise and flatwise directions. The blade is constructed from a novel glass-fibre reinforced powder epoxy composite material and consists of a double internal shear web. The blade is supported at its root on the support frame constructed from S355 grade steel and the three hydraulic actuators (capacities range from 250 kN to 750 kN) work in concert to apply the flatwise and edgewise bending moment distribution along the blade. In this study, to develop a fatigue testing methodology for the wind turbine blades, we develop an equivalent load profile for turbine the blade.

Recommended Citation

Kazemi Vanhari, Afrooz; Fagan, Edward; Jiang, Yadong; Meier, Patrick; Finnegan, William; and Goggins, Jamie, "Equivalent Load Profile Development For Fatigue Testing Of A 13-Metre Wind Turbine Blade" (2020). Civil Engineering Research in Ireland 2020. 3.
https://sword.cit.ie/ceri/2020/9/3