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http://dx.doi.org/10.7234/composres.2015.28.3.104

A Study on Design of 500W Class High Efficiency Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine System(HAWTS) Blade Using Natural Fiber Composites  

Park, Gwanglim (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Chosum University)
Kong, Changduk (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Chosum University)
Lee, Haseung (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Chosum University)
Park, Hyunbum (Department of Defense & Science Technology-Aeronautics, Howon University)
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Composites Research / v.28, no.3, 2015 , pp. 104-111 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this work, a structural design on 500W class horizontal axis wind turbine blade using natural-fibre composite is performed. The structural design result of flax composite blade is compared with the result of glass composite blade. The structural design of the wind turbine blade is carried out using the simplified methods such as the netting rule and the rule of mixture. The structural safety of the designed blade structure is investigated through the various load cases, stress, deformation and buckling analyses using the commercial FEM. The structural test of the manufactured prototype blade was performed to confirm the structural analysis results including strains, natural frequencies and deformations. According to the comparison results, it was confirmed that the analysis results are well agreed with the experimental results.
Keywords
Natural fiber; Flax; Composite materials; Resin flow analysis; Blade;
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