Design, Fabrication, Test, and Evaluation of A Prototype 150-Foot Long Composite Wind Turbine Blade.

Abstract

This report describes the design, fabrication, test, and evaluation of a prototype 150-foot long composite wind turbine blade. The objective of the program was to develop the engineering and fabrication technology for blades in this unprecented size range having the potential for low cost fabrication in production quantities. The major part of the engineering effort on this project was devoted to structural design and material selection which are compatible with low cost fabrication methods and objectives.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA305772

Entities

People

  • Herbert W. Gewehr

Organizations

  • Kaman Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Composite Materials
  • Fabrication
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Helicopter Rotors
  • Laminates
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanical Working
  • Syntactic Foams
  • Tensile Strength
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Hydraulic Engineering.