A review of impact loads on composite wind turbine blades: impact threats and classification

AS Verma, J Yan, W Hu, Z Jiang, W Shi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
A fiber-reinforced composite wind turbine blade (WTB) is exposed to numerous impact
threats during its service life causing damages that can be detrimental to its structural …

Structural reliability analysis of wind turbines: A review

Z Jiang, W Hu, W Dong, Z Gao, Z Ren - Energies, 2017 - mdpi.com
The paper presents a detailed review of the state-of-the-art research activities on structural
reliability analysis of wind turbines between the 1990s and 2017. We describe the reliability …

Underactuated control and analysis of single blade installation using a jackup installation vessel and active tugger line force control

Z Ren, X Zhen, Z Jiang, Z Gao, Y Li, W Shi - Marine Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
The assembly and installation costs account for a large share in the overall expenditures of
an offshore wind farm project. Single blade installation is suitable for large scale wind …

A sample-efficient deep learning method for multivariate uncertainty qualification of acoustic–vibration interaction problems

L Chen, R Cheng, S Li, H Lian, C Zheng… - Computer Methods in …, 2022 - Elsevier
We propose an efficient Monte Carlo simulation method to address the multivariate
uncertainties in acoustic–vibration interaction systems. The deep neural network acts as a …

Spatial-temporal graph convolutional networks (STGCN) based method for localizing acoustic emission sources in composite panels

Z Zhao, NZ Chen - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel spatial–temporal graph convolutional networks (STGCN) based method for the
regression task of localizing acoustic emission (AE) sources in composite panels is …

Reliability-based design optimization of wind turbine blades for fatigue life under dynamic wind load uncertainty

W Hu, KK Choi, H Cho - Structural and multidisciplinary optimization, 2016 - Springer
This paper studies reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) of a 5-MW wind turbine
blade for designing reliable as well as economical wind turbine blades. A novel dynamic …

Aerodynamic and aeroelastic characteristics of flexible wind turbine blades under periodic unsteady inflows

Z Li, B Wen, X Dong, Z Peng, Y Qu, W Zhang - Journal of Wind Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The aeroelastic coupling effect is playing an increasingly important role in the aerodynamic
and aeroelastic characteristics of wind turbine blades owing to the increasing size of modern …

Wind turbine rotor speed design optimization considering rain erosion based on deep reinforcement learning

J Fang, W Hu, Z Liu, W Chen, J Tan, Z Jiang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rain erosion is one of the most detrimental factors contributing to wind turbine blade (WTB)
coating fatigue damage especially for utility-scale wind turbines (WTs). To prevent rain …

A developed fatigue analysis approach for composite wind turbine blade adhesive joints using finite-element submodeling technique

Z Liu, J Liang, Z He, X Liu, H Liu, Z Shao - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2024 - Elsevier
The intricate shapes and complex structures of composite wind turbine blades pose
significant challenges in conducting local-fatigue simulation analyses. Moreover, adhesive …

A computational framework for the analysis of rain-induced erosion in wind turbine blades, part II: Drop impact-induced stresses and blade coating fatigue life

B Amirzadeh, A Louhghalam, M Raessi… - Journal of Wind …, 2017 - Elsevier
With the current trend in wind energy production, the need to manufacture larger wind
turbine blades is on the rise. The high blade tip velocities associated with large blades …