Fiber Reinforced Plastics/Composites ›› 2017, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (1): 101-108.

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RESEARCH PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT TREND OF SECTIONAL WIND TURBINE BLADES

QIN Zhi-wen1,2, YANG Ke2, WANG Ji-hui1, SONG Juan-juan2   

  1. 1.School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China;
    2.National Energy Wind Turbine Blade R&D Center, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • Received:2016-07-22 Online:2017-01-28 Published:2017-01-28

Abstract: Application of sectional wind turbine blades is an effective access to conquer restraints of transportation and manufacturing of long blades. This paper firstly reviews fundamental research, and then the applications related to sectional wind turbine blades, joint figuration and their characteristics of various types of joint patterns employed in sectional blades are summarized and analyzed, and the trends of sectional blade techniques are prospected.

Key words: sectional blades, bolted joint, bonded joint, polymer composite

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