Towing tank testing of passively adaptive composite tidal turbine blades and comparison to design tool
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Evaluation of the durability of composite tidal turbine blades.
The long-term reliability of tidal turbines is critical if these structures are to be cost effective. Optimized design requires a combination of material durability models and structural analyses. Composites are a natural choice for turbine blades, but there are few data available to predict material behaviour under coupled environmental and cycling loading. The present study addresses this pro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Renewable Energy
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0960-1481
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.09.062