Stress and Fracture Analysis of a Class of Bonded Joints in Wind Turbine Blades

A simplified model is proposed to investigate the stress fields and the strain energy release rate (SERR) associated with cracks in bonded joints in wind turbine blades. The proposed two-dimensional model consists of nonparallel upper and lower shells with adhesive between the shells at the tapered...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chen, Chang
Other Authors: Talreja, Ramesh
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/149612