Study on the Effect of Initial Delamination on Tensile Behavior of Offshore Wind Turbine Blade Spar Cap

Wen Xin, Hui Li, Xiaolong Lu and Bo Zhou ()
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Wen Xin: School of Mechanical Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang 110870, China
Hui Li: School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang 110870, China
Xiaolong Lu: School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang 110870, China
Bo Zhou: School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang 110870, China

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 8, 1-19

Abstract: Delamination damage to spar caps seriously endangers the operation safety of offshore wind turbines. The effect of initial delamination of various depths and areas on the ultimate tensile load of laminates is studied based on experiments and numerical simulation, and an effective method for predicting the residual tensile strength of laminates with high thickness is proposed. Three groups of initial delamination specimens with different characteristics were fabricated, and static displacement tensile tests were carried out. An accurate three-dimensional numerical analysis model was established, and the results were in good agreement with the experimental values, with the overall error of the failure load being less than 6%. Furthermore, a numerical model for a 20-ply high-thickness spar cap laminate was established to predict the effect of delamination on tensile strength. The results showed that, for the same depth of initial delamination, the difference in delamination area had little influence on the tensile strength. The dangerous locations of delamination were at the shallow surface and at the ratio of 0.3–0.4 in the thickness direction, and the maximum decrease in tensile strength was 14.86%; meanwhile, it was found that delamination on the middle surface had no significant effect on tensile strength.

Keywords: offshore wind turbine blade; spar cap; initial delamination; numerical simulation; ultimate tensile load; tensile strength (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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