Hashin Failure Theory Based Damage Assessment Methodology of Composite Tidal Turbine Blades and Implications for the Blade Design

A damage assessment methodology based on the Hashin failure theory for glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) composite blade is proposed. The typical failure mechanisms including the fiber tension/compression and matrix tension/compression are considered to describe the damage behaviors. To give the flapwise and edgewise loading along the blade span, the Blade Element Momentum Theory (BEMT) is adopted. In conjunction with the hydrodynamic analysis, the structural analysis of the composite blade is cooperatively performed with the Hashin damage model. The damage characteristics of the composite blade, under normal and extreme operational conditions, are comparatively analyzed. Numerical results demonstrate that the matrix tension damage is the most significant failure mode which occurs in the mid-span of the blade. The blade internal configurations including the box-beam, Ibeam, left-C beam and right-C beam are compared and analyzed. The GFRP and carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) are considered and combined. Numerical results show that the I-beam is the best structural type. The structural performance of composite tidal turbine blades could be improved by combining the GFRP and CFRP structure considering the damage and cost-effectiveness synthetically.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1007/s13344-018-0023-z
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2018, Chinese Ocean Engineering Society and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
• Authors:
  • Yu, Guo-qing
  • Ren, Yi-ru
  • Zhang, Tian-tian
  • Xiao, Wan-shen
  • Jiang, Hong-yong
• Publication Date: 2018-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: pp 216-225
• Serial:
  • China Ocean Engineering
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Chinese Ocean Engineering Society
  • ISSN: 0890-5487
  • EISSN: 2191-8945
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/13344

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Blades (Machinery); Composite materials; Failure; Hydraulic turbines; Loss and damage; Methodology; Tidal power plants
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01672841
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 22 2018 4:40PM