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  Experimental Techniques for Fatigue Analysis of a Small Wind Turbine Blade

  By Vishvajeet C. Shinde, Balasaheb S. Gandhare, Sandip A. Kale

  Abstract: During the life span, a wind turbine blade experiences variety of the forces. These forces include gravitational force, centrifugal force, tangential force, thrust force, etc. Thrust force and gravitational forces create edgewise bending stress while the tangential forces (wind pressure) create flapwise bending stress. Centrifugal forces generate direct stress in the wind turbine blade. Most of the wind turbine blades fail due to bending in the flapwise direction. These induced …

  Published in Journal of Experimental & Applied Mechanics · Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2016 · pp. 34–38 Read article →