Fatigue Life of Wind Turbine Blades

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The present paper analyses the possibility of reducing the expected damage accumulation during tower passage by modifying the wind turbine tower design from a traditional mono-tower to a tripod. Due to a narrow stagnation zone the stress reversals and hence the damage accumulation in the blades is substantial smaller in the tripod tower design compared to the mono-tower.
Original languageEnglish
TitleReliability and Optimization of Structural Systems : proceedings of reliability and optimization of structural systems, Tum, München, Germany, 7-10 april 2010
EditorsD. Straub
Number of pages7
Place of publicationLondon
PublisherC R C Press LLC
Publication date2010
Pages229-235
ISBN (print)9780415881791
ISBN (electronic)9780203841419
StatePublished

Conference

ConferenceIFIP WG 7.5 Working Conference on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems
LandGermany
ByTum, München
Periode07-04-1010-04-10

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