Browsing Mechanical Engineering by Author "Fagan, Edward M."
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Experimental investigation, numerical modelling and multi-objective optimisation of composite wind turbine blades
Fagan, Edward M.; Leen, Sean B.; de la Torre, Oscar; Jamie, Goggins (Taylor & Francis, 2017-05-24)Static load and modal testing of two blades from a 15 kW wind turbine is presented. The two blades are made from glass fibre-reinforced polypropylene, one of which has been reinforced with additional carbon fibre plies. ... -
Physical experimental static testing and structural design optimisation for a composite wind turbine blade
Fagan, Edward M.; Flanagan, M.; Leen, Sean B.; Flanagan, Tomas; Doyle, Adrian; Goggins, Jamie (Elsevier, 2016-12-10)This study presents experimental testing on a 13 m long glass-fibre epoxy composite wind turbine blade. The results of the test were used to calibrate finite element models. A design optimisation study was then performed ... -
Validation of the multi-objective structural optimisation of a composite wind turbine blade
Fagan, Edward M.; de la Torre Rodríguez, Oscar; Leen, Sean B.; Goggins, Jamie (Elsevier, 2018-08-01)Structural optimisation of a wind turbine blade is presented in this work. The optimisation was performed using a multi-objective genetic algorithm and finite element modelling to determine the optimal structural design ...