Influence of Oblique Impact on Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites: A Numerical Approach

Rawat, Prashant; Singh, Nand K.; Singh, Kalyan; Agrhari, Nitesh

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-9016-6_9

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“…Depicted in Figure 1, a scaled-down blade was fabricated using glass fiber-reinforced plastics (GFRPs) in line with established composite molding techniques [34,35]. The proposed WTB measured 450 mm in length and 200 mm in width with a taper ratio (TR) of 1.…”

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Non-Contact Wind Turbine Blade Crack Detection Using Laser Doppler Vibrometers

Zabihi,

Aghdasi,

Ellouzi

et al. 2024

Energies

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In response to the growing global demand for both energy and a clean environment, there has been an unprecedented rise in the utilization of renewable energy. Wind energy plays a crucial role in striving for carbon neutrality due to its eco-friendly characteristics. Despite its significance, wind energy infrastructure is susceptible to damage from various factors including wind or sea waves, rapidly changing environmental conditions, delamination, crack formation, and structural deterioration over time. This research focuses on investigating non-destructive testing (NDT) of wind turbine blades (WTBs) using approaches based on the vibration of the structures. To this end, WTBs are first made from glass fiber-reinforcement polymer (GFRP) using composite molding techniques, and then a short pulse is generated in the structure by a piezoelectric actuator made from lead zirconate titanate (PZT-5H) to generate guided waves. A numerical approach is presented based on solving the elastic time-harmonic wave equations, and a laser Doppler vibrometer (LDV) is utilized to collect the vibrational data in a remote manner, thereby facilitating the crack detection of WTBs. Subsequently, the wave propagation characteristics of intact and damaged structures are analyzed using the Hilbert–Huang transformation (HHT) and fast Fourier transformation (FFT). The results reveal noteworthy distinctions in damaged structures, where the frequency domain exhibits additional components beyond those identified by FFT, and the time domain displays irregularities in proximity to the crack region, as detected by HHT. The results suggest a feasible approach to detecting potential cracks of WTBs in a non-contact and reliable way.

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