| dc.rights.license | All rights reserved | en_US |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Noriega Motta, Julio A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hernández Gelpi, Miguel J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-30T11:27:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-11-30T11:27:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Hernandez Gelpi, M. J. (2013). Wind blade composite design, manufacturing and experimental testing [Unpublished manuscript]. Graduate School, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12475/978 | |
| dc.description | Design Project Article for the Graduate Programs at Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The design and manufacture of
composite material sandwich type blade is
presented. Stainless steel rods and ribs, are the
internal structure, core is foam, between ribs. The
skin is a laminate of fiber glass and a matrix of
epoxy, with a laminae staking sequence of -45°, 45°
and 90 °, 0 ° up to six layers.
Three point bending test, shows that the blade
can withstand approximately 200 lb, impact results
showed that the blade is damaged with energy
33.849 J, resulting in delamination and cracking
of the fiber and crazing of the matrix. Cantilevered
results showed that the blade can support only 8 lb.
A new design of the blade support is presented to
avoid critical damage.
Key Terms - Composite Blade, Design,
Manufacturing, Testing Materials. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Mechanical Engineering; | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Spring-2013; | |
| dc.relation.haspart | San Juan | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Blades | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Composite materials--Testing | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico--Graduate students--Research | |
| dc.title | Wind Blade Composite Design, Manufacturing and Experimental Testing | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, Graduate School | en_US |
