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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-165-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-165-2024
Research article
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18 Jan 2024
Research article |  | 18 Jan 2024

Sensitivity of cross-sectional compliance to manufacturing tolerances for wind turbine blades

Vincent K. Maes, Terence Macquart, Paul M. Weaver, and Alberto Pirrera

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Wind turbines deal with significant loads that limit the lifetime of the blades. To aid in this, blades can be designed to be compliant in a manner that reduces the peak loads it experiences. One such approach is to use bend–twist coupling. However, as this paper documents, the behavior of blades with bend–twist coupling can be very sensitive to manufacturing tolerances. Understanding these sensitivities allows for better design and manufacturing practices to be developed.
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