Course Overview
During this course, you will get an introduction to the materials used in wind turbines and the loads they are subjected to.
Course Highlights
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Video Overview
MAIN GOAL
You will learn about materials structures and properties, with special emphasis on its requirements when used in a wind turbine. Simplify the wind turbine to 4 connected cantilever beams (the tower and the three blades), and the load and required material properties are addressed. You will learn about the procedure of extracting the material properties and lifetime from experimental measurements. Focusing on the composite material used in the wind turbine blades, you will work with tailoring, predicting and measuring the mechanical properties of composites.
Learning Outcomes
After completion of this course, you will gain the ability to:
- + List, classify and explain the main requirements of the structural materials used in a wind turbine.
- + Classify the sustainability of the material choice.
- + Calculate simple load cases for cantilever beams representing the tower and blades.
- + Perform data-analysis of measurements from mechanical material test.
- + Describe a testing strategy for measurements of the governing mechanical properties of composites.
- + Perform data-analysis and and lifetime predictions from fatigue test.
- + Describe the configuration of typical composite materials for wind turbines, and their manufacturing process.
- + Predict stiffness and strength of unidirectional composites.
- + Describe the concept behind damage tolerant materials.
- + Analyse fatigue crack growth in materials.
Meet Your Instructors
Associate Professor
Admissions
Entry Requirements
- + B.Sc. or B.Eng. degree or higher and at least, two years of relevant working experience.
- + We strongly recommend that you have mathematics and programming skills equivalent to B.Sc. or B.Eng. level or higher.
- + If you have few or no programming experiences, we recommend following our Scientific Programming for Wind Energy course as early as possible.
- + You will need a PC with a stable internet connection to follow this online course.
Teaching and Assessment Methods
- + Video lectures
- + Exercises
- + Quizzes
- + Reading material
- + Live Q&A sessions
- + Online exam
Application Deadline: TBC.
Practical Notes
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Fees & Funding
Tuition Fees
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Course Info
Contact Bo Madsen for any additional information relating to this course.
