On erosion issues associated with the leading edge of wind turbine blades

Autor:	Mark Hugh Keegan, Margaret Stack, David Nash
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Erosion prediction Leading edge Acoustics and Ultrasonics Meteorology Turbine blade Operating environment Field data Condensed Matter Physics Turbine Surfaces Coatings and Films Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials law.invention law Erosion Environmental science TJ Marine engineering
Zdroj:	Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 46:383001
ISSN:	1361-6463 0022-3727
DOI:	10.1088/0022-3727/46/38/383001
Popis:	The increasing developments in wind turbine technology, coupled with an unpredictable operating environment, presents significant challenges regarding erosion issues on the leading edge of the blade tips. This review examines the potential degradation posed by the different environmental variables, with specific emphasis on both rain droplet and hailstone impact on the blade leading edge. Drawing on both the insights from experimental results and recent field data from the literature, the mechanisms of leading edge erosion are discussed. Meteorological tools that may enable rain and hailstone erosion prediction are addressed as well as potential experimental and numerical approaches that may provide insight into the nature of impact and erosion on the blade surface.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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