Benefits of subcomponent over full-scale blade testing elaborated on a trailing-edge bond line design validation

Rosemeier, Malo; Basters, Gregor; Antoniou, Alexandros

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-163-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-163-2018

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Wind Energy Science Conference 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-163-2018

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03 Apr 2018

Research article |

| 03 Apr 2018

Benefits of subcomponent over full-scale blade testing elaborated on a trailing-edge bond line design validation

Malo Rosemeier, Gregor Basters, and Alexandros Antoniou

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Final revised paper (published on 03 Apr 2018)
Preprint (discussion started on 21 Aug 2017)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'Well-argumented paper, minor improvements suggested', Roman Braun, 11 Sep 2017
- AC1: 'Response to interactive comment wes-2017-35-SC1', Malo Rosemeier, 05 Dec 2017
RC1: 'title', Peter Joosse, 03 Nov 2017
- AC4: 'Response to interactive comment wes-2017-35-RC1', Malo Rosemeier, 08 Dec 2017
RC2: 'Comparison can be improved', Peter Joosse, 03 Nov 2017
- AC2: 'Response to interactive comment wes-2017-35-RC2', Malo Rosemeier, 08 Dec 2017
RC3: 'Benefits of sub-component over full-scale blade testing elaborated on a trailing edge bond line design validation', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Nov 2017
- AC3: 'Response to interactive comment wes-2017-35-RC3', Malo Rosemeier, 08 Dec 2017
  - RC4: 'Additional Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Dec 2017
    - AC5: 'Response to interactive comment wes-2017-35-RC4', Malo Rosemeier, 10 Jan 2018
      - AC6: 'Clarification about terms', Malo Rosemeier, 12 Jan 2018
EC1: 'Editor's comments based on the replies from reviewer 1 and 2', Jens Nørkær Sørensen, 16 Dec 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Malo Rosemeier on behalf of the Authors (16 Jan 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 Feb 2018) by Athanasios Kolios

ED: Publish as is (09 Mar 2018) by Gerard J.W. van Bussel (Chief editor)

AR by Malo Rosemeier on behalf of the Authors (13 Mar 2018)

Short summary

This research was conducted with the help of computer models to give argumentation on how the reliability of wind turbine rotor blade structures can be increased using subcomponent testing (SCT) as a supplement to full-scale blade testing (FST). It was found that the use of SCT can significantly reduce the testing time compared to FST while replicating more realistic loading conditions for an outboard blade segment as it occurs in the field.