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A Study on Structural Design and Test of 500W Class Micro Scale Composite Wind Turbine Blade (초소형 풍력터빈 복합재 블레이드 구조 설계에 관한 연구)

  • Gong, Chang-Deok;Kim, Ju-Il
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.190-193
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of the present study is to design a 500W-class micro scale composite wind turbine blade. The blade airfoil of FFA-W3-211 was selected to meet Korean weather condition. The skin-spar-f Dam sandwich type structure was adopted for improving buckling and vibration damping characteristics. The design loads were determined at wind speed of 25m/s. and the structural analysis was performed to confirm safety and stability from strength. buckling and natural frequency using the finite element code. NISA II [6]. The prototype was manufactured using the hand-lay up method and it was experimently tested using the sand bag loading method. In order to evaluate the design results. it was compared with experimental results. According to comparison results. the estimated results such as compressible stress. max tip deflection natural frequency and buckling load factor were well agreed with the experimental results.

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A Parametric Investigation Into the Aeroelasticity of Composite Helicopter Rotor Blades in Forward Flight (전진비행시 복합재료 헬리콥터 회전익의 공탄성에 대한 파라미터 연구)

  • 정성남;김경남;김승조
    • Journal of KSNVE
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    • v.7 no.5
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    • pp.819-826
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    • 1997
  • The finite element analyses of a composite hingeless rotor blade in forward flight have been performed to investigate the influence of blade design parameters on the blade stability. The blade structure is represented by a single cell composite box-beam and its nonclassical effects such as transverse shear and torsion-related warping are considered. The nonlinear periodic differential equations of motion are obtained by moderate deflection beam theory and finite element method based on Hamilton principle. Aerodynamic forces are calculated using the quasi-steady strip theiry with compressibility and reverse flow effects. The coupling effects between the rotor blade and the fuselage are included in a free flight propulsive trim analysis. Damping values are calculated by using the Floquet transition matrix theory from the linearized equations perturbed at equilibrium position of the blade. The aeroelastic results were compared with an alternative analytic approch, and they showed good correlation with each other. Some parametric investigations for the helicopter design variables, such as pretwist and precone angles are carried out to know the aeroelastic behavior of the rotor.

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A Study on Design of 500W Class High Efficiency Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine System(HAWTS) Blade Using Natural Fiber Composites (친환경 소재를 적용한 500W급 고효율 수평축 풍력터빈 블레이드 설계에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Gwanglim;Kong, Changduk;Lee, Haseung;Park, Hyunbum
    • Composites Research
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.104-111
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    • 2015
  • 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.

Design on High Efficiency and Light Composite Propeller Blade of High Speed Turboprop Aircraft (고속 터보프롭 항공기용 고효율 경량화 복합재 프로펠러 블레이드 설계 연구)

  • Kong, Chang-Duk;Lee, Kyung-Sun;Park, Hyun-Bum;Choi, Won
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.57-68
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    • 2012
  • In this study, designs of the high efficiency composite propeller blade for a high speed turboprop aircraft, which will be used for a next generation regional commercial aircraft in Korea, are performed. Both the vortex theory and the blade element theory are used for preliminary aerodynamic design and performance analysis of the propeller. Then the aerodynamic design result is confirmed through performance analysis using a commercial CFD code, ANSYS. The carbon/epoxy composite materials is used, and the skin-spar-foam sandwich type structure is adopted for improvement of lightness and structural stability. Finally, it is investigated that the proposed propeller blade has high efficiency and structural safety through both aerodynamic and structural analysis and experimental test of a prototype propeller blade.

Structural Design and Experimental Investigation of A Medium Scale Composite Wind Turbine Blade Considering Fatigue life

  • Kong, C.D.;Bang, J.H.;Jeong, J.C.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2002.04a
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    • pp.88-89
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    • 2002
  • The aims of this study is to realize the structural design for development of a medium scale E-glass/epoxy composite wind turbine blade for a 750KW class horizontal axis wind turbine system. In this study, the various load cases specified by the IEC61400-1 international specification and GL Regulations for the wind energy conversion system were considered, and a specific composite structure configuration which can effectively endure various loads such as aerodynamic and centrifugal loads, loads due to accumulation of ice, hygro-thermal and mechanical loads was proposed. In order to evaluate the structure, the structural analysis for the composite wind turbine blade were peformed using tile finite element method(FEM). In the structural design, the acceptable blade structural configuration was determined through the parametric studies, and the most dominant design parameters were confirmed. In the stress analysis using the FEM, it was confirmed that the blade structure was safe and stable in any various load cases Moreover the safety of the blade root joint with insert bolts, newly devised in this study, was checked against the design fond and the fatigue.

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Reliability Evaluation of Constant Pressure Mechanism on Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing for Wind Turbine Blade (위상배열 탐상검사법을 이용한 풍력발전용 블레이드의 일정가압 메커니즘 신뢰성 평가)

  • Nam, Mun Ho;Chi, Su Chung;Lim, Sun;Lim, Seung Hwan;Jeong, Ye Chan
    • Journal of Applied Reliability
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.236-245
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: There is no established inspection system for composite wind blade during the fabrication stage even though the blades are one of the most important part at wind generation system, but phased array ultrasonic testing method has been continuously studied about wind turbine blade with composite. When wind turbine blade with complex shape by phased array probe is inspected, it is necessary to study for system keeping constant pressure using pressure device. Methods: In this paper, we propose constant pressure device for inspecting wind turbine blade by phased array ultrasonic test method. Design of the device controller is based on Hunt-Crossley model. We evaluate reliability of phased array ultrasonic inspection result that applicated constant pressure device. Result: Defect indication is precise and its error is small when constant pressure mechanism based on Hunt-Crossley model was used. Conclusion: When inspection is progressed using constant pressure mechanism, the reliability of composite wind blade inspection can be improved.

Design on High Efficiency and Light Composite Propeller Blade of Regional Aircraft (중형항공기급 고효율 경량화 복합재 프로펠러 블레이드 설계 연구)

  • Kong, Chang-Duk;Lee, Kyung-Sun;Park, Hyun-Bum;Choi, Won
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2012.05a
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    • pp.253-258
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    • 2012
  • In this study, designs of the high efficiency composite propeller blade for a high speed turboprop aircraft, which will be used for a next generation regional commercial aircraft in Korea, are performed. Both the vortex theory and the blade element theory are used for preliminary aerodynamic design and performance analysis of the propeller. Then the aerodynamic design result is confirmed through performance analysis using a commercial CFD code, ANSYS. The carbon/epoxy composite materials is used, and the skin-spar-foam sandwich type structure is adopted for improvement of lightness and structural stability. Finally, it is investigated that the proposed propeller blade has high efficiency and structural safety through both aerodynamic and structural analysis and experimental test of a prototype propeller blade.

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A Study of the Development of the Composite Rotor Blade for Unmanned Helicopter (무인헬리콥터용 복합재료 로터 블레이드 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Sim J.W.;Kee Y.J.;Kim S.B.;Kim S.H.;Ko E.H.;Chi K.H.;Kim S.K.;Chung C.H.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.1385-1389
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    • 2005
  • This paper describes the design, analysis and manufacture procedure of the composite blade for hingeless rotor system of unmanned helicopters. Helicopter rotor system is the key structural unit that produces thrust and control forces for intended flight conditions. In this work, a hingeless rotor system is adopted, and base on the design requirements for rotor system, composite blade section design and calculation of material properties were performed. In order to avoid the unstable state such as resonance, vibration characteristics of rotor system were analyzed. Finally, this paper describes the forming and manufacture of composite blade.

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Flutter study of flapwise bend-twist coupled composite wind turbine blades

  • Farsadi, Touraj;Kayran, Altan
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.267-281
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    • 2021
  • Bending-twisting coupling induced in big composite wind turbine blades is one of the passive control mechanisms which is exploited to mitigate loads incurred due to deformation of the blades. In the present study, flutter characteristics of bend-twist coupled blades, designed for load alleviation in wind turbine systems, are investigated by time-domain analysis. For this purpose, a baseline full GFRP blade, a bend-twist coupled full GFRP blade, and a hybrid GFRP and CFRP bend-twist coupled blade is designed for load reduction purpose for a 5 MW wind turbine model that is set up in the wind turbine multi-body dynamic code PHATAS. For the study of flutter characteristics of the blades, an over-speed analysis of the wind turbine system is performed without using any blade control and applying slowly increasing wind velocity. A detailed procedure of obtaining the flutter wind and rotational speeds from the time responses of the rotational speed of the rotor, flapwise and torsional deformation of the blade tip, and angle of attack and lift coefficient of the tip section of the blade is explained. Results show that flutter wind and rotational speeds of bend-twist coupled blades are lower than the flutter wind and rotational speeds of the baseline blade mainly due to the kinematic coupling between the bending and torsional deformation in bend-twist coupled blades.

A Development of Small-scaled Composite Blade for the Hingeless Rotor System of Helicopter (헬리콥터 힌지없는 로터 시스템용 축소 복합재료 블레이드 개발)

  • Kim, Deog-Kwan;Joo, Gene
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.206-209
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    • 2001
  • This paper contains the development procedure of small-scaled composite rotor blade for helicopter hingeless rotor system. Composite blade design is conducted by using CORDAS program developed by KARI and dynamic analysis is conducted by using Flightlab which is commercial software for helicopter analysis. Also the optimizing procedure of iterative design was described. The designed composite blades were manufactured after establishing the effective curing method. Through this research, the experiences of composite rotor blade development were accumulated and will be applied to the related research field.

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