• Wind and Structures
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• 제32권3호
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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.

• 한국신뢰성학회지:신뢰성응용연구
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.338-346
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to improve the reliability of the composite material blades used for the wind power generator, by applying the phased array ultrasonic testing technique out of the many nondestructive test into the blades. Method: The wind power generation composite blades are used, as a case study, in order to evaluate the reliability of the phased array ultrasonic testing technique. Defects that are most likely occurred in the field are injected into the different locations of the three different types of artificial test pieces and then phased array ultrasonic testing technique are applied to evaluate the reliability of its effectiveness. Result: As a result of the analysis of the defect signals by applying the A scan and B scan simultaneously, depth and width of the defect could be obtained. An area of defect was proportional to the amount of energy by color in B scan image. The larger amount of energy, reflected amount of energy was appeared in the order of red, orange, yellow, blue color. Conclusion: The most reliable testing method to detect the defect in composite blades for wind power generation is considered to be the combination of the other destructive testing technique with the phased array ultrasonic testing since the PAUT alone could not detect all range of the defects in the blades.

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국복합재료학회 1999년도 추계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.215-218
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• 1999

A general structural model, which is an extension of the Vlassov theory, is developed for the analysis of composite rotor blades with elastic couplings. A comprehensive analysis applicable to both thick-and thin-walled composite beams, which can have either open- or closed profile is formulated. The theory accounts for the effects of elastic couplings, shell wall thickness, and transverse shear deformations. A semi-complementary energy functional is used to account for the shear stress distribution in the shell wall. The bending and torsion related warpings and the shear correction factors are obtained in closed form as part of the analysis. The resulting first order shear deformation theory describes the beam kinematics in terms of the axial, flap and lag bending, flap and lag shear, torsion and torsion-warping deformations. The theory is validated against experimental results for various cross-section beams with elastic couplings.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.103-116
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• 2014

Aeroelasticity is the main source of instability in structures which are subjected to aerodynamic forces. One of the major reasons of instability is the coupling of bending and torsional vibration of the flexible bodies, which is known as flutter. The presented investigation aims to study the aeroelastic stability of composite blades of wind turbine. Geometry, layup, and loading of the turbine blades made of laminated composites were calculated and evaluated. To study the flutter phenomenon of the blades, two numerical and analytical methods were selected. The finite element method (FEM), and JAR-23 standard were used to perform the numerical studies. In the analytical method, two degree freedom flutter and Lagrange's equations were employed to study the flutter phenomena analytically and estimate the flutter speed.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.45-50
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• 2008

GFRP based composite rotor blades were developed for 750 kW & 2 MW wind turbines. The blade sectional geometry was designed to have a general shell-spar and shear web structure. For verifying the structural safety under all relevant extreme loads specified in the GL guidelines, the structural analysis of the rotor blades was performed using commercial FEM codes. The static load carrying capacity, blade tip deflections and natural frequencies were evaluated to satisfy the strength and stability requirements. Full-scale proof tests of rotor blades were carried out with optical fiber sensors for real-time condition monitoring. Finally, the prototype of each rotor blade passed all proof tests for GL certification.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.299-302
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• 2008

GFRP based composite rotor blades were developed for 750kW & 2MW wind turbines. The blade sectional geometry was designed to have a general shell-spar and shear web structure. For verifying the structural safety under all relevant extreme loads specified in the GL guidelines, the structural analysis of the rotor blades was performed using commercial FEM codes. The static load carrying capacity, blade tip deflections and natural frequencies were evaluated to satisfy the strength and stability requirements. Full-scale proof tests of rotor blades were carried out with optical fiber sensors for real-time condition monitoring. Finally, the prototype of each rotor blade passed all proof tests for GL certification.

• Composites Research
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 다중세포로 구성된 타원형 단면 복합재료 블레이드의 정밀 1차원 보 해석모델을 개발하였다. 보의 정식화를 위하여 Reissner의 반보족에너지 함수를 이용하였으며, 고전적인 강성도 및 유연도법을 결합한 혼합보 이론 체계를 구축하였다. 타원단면의 특성계수들을 구하기 위해 단면의 외곽선을 유한개의 선분으로 분할하고 여기에 Gauss 적분을 수행하였다. 또한, 단면을 구성하는 각 세포에 대해 4개의 연속방정식이 충족되도록 구성하였다. 개발된 보 이론을 단일 및 이중세포로 구성된 타원형 복합재료 블레이드에 적용하였으며, 다차원 정밀 유한요소 해석 결과와 비교하여 그 타당성을 확보하였다.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제14권spc호
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• pp.22-30
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• 2020

복합재 헬리콥터 로터 블레이드는 두께방향으로의 강도가 부족한 구조적인 특성으로 인해 외부 물체의 충돌에 의해 내부 구조물에 손상이 발생하기 쉬운 단점을 지니고 있다. 따라서 복합재 블레이드의 피로 평가 시 외부 물체의 충돌에 의해 발생하는 결함과 강도저하 현상을 함께 고려해야 한다. 이를 위해 내결함 안전 수명(flaw tolerant safe-life) 및 파손안전(fail-safe) 개념을 이용한 피로평가 방안이 1980년대부터 적용되었으며, 최근에는 회전익 항공기의 감항기준에 위의 두 개념이 손상허용(damage tolerance) 평가 방안으로 대체되었다. 본 논문에서는 회전익 항공기에 사용되는 섬유강화 복합재 로터 블레이드를 중심으로 피로수명을 평가하기 위한 관련규정을 분석하고, 국내 헬기 개발사업 등을 통해 적용된 사례들을 검토함으로써 충격손상을 고려한 섬유강화 복합재 로터 블레이드의 피로 평가 방안을 제시하였다.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.41-46
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• 2014

Fatigue evaluations for the rotor blades of commercial or military rotorcraft have been carried out using the safe life concept since 1950s. Particularly, in the case of a rotor blade made of a composite material, a highly reliable fatigue life could be predicted by evaluation the cumulative damage using combination of fatigue life curve and load spectrum. However, there is a limit in adequately evaluating the strength reducing phenomena caused by damages or defects generated during the manufacturing process or impact damage induced by operational usages, using only the safe life concept. In this study, the fatigue evaluation process based on the damage tolerance concept is described and illustrated by means of successful application to substantiate the retirement time of composite rotor blades.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.58-63
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• 2018

본 연구는 수직축 풍력 발전 시스템의 복합재 블레이드에 대한 설계 및 제작 연구이다. 본 연구에서 수직축 풍력 발전용 복합재 블레이드의 공력 및 구조 설계를 수행하였다. 1차적으로 복합재 블레이드의 공력 및 구조 설계 요구 조건이 분석되었다. 구조 설계 이후 유한 요소 해석 기법을 활용하여 풍력 블레이드 구조의 구조 해석이 수행되었다. 적용 하중 조건에서 응력 및 변위 해석이 수행되었다. 단계적 구조 해석을 통해 취약 부위의 개선 설계 방안을 제시하였다. 구조 해석을 통해 최종 설계된 블레이드 구조는 안전한 것으로 확인되었다.