Structural analysis of a roof extracted from a wind turbine blade

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dc.contributor.authorGentry, T. Russell
dc.contributor.authorAl-Haddad, Tristan
dc.contributor.authorBank, Lawrence C.
dc.contributor.authorArias, Franco R.
dc.contributor.authorNagle, Angela
dc.contributor.authorLeahy, Paul G.
dc.contributor.funderNational Science Foundationen
dc.contributor.funderDepartment for the Economy, Northern Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-29T14:47:04Z
dc.date.available2021-03-29T14:47:04Z
dc.date.issued2020-12
dc.date.updated2021-03-27T22:59:35Z
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this research is to demonstrate that parts of decommissioned wind turbine blades can be repurposed for infrastructure applications for a sustainable future of the wind power industry. The purpose of this paper was to develop a methodology to conduct detailed structural engineering design of composite material parts extracted from wind turbine blades. A large section extracted from a 100-m long blade was repurposed as a roof for a small (approximately 40 m2) single-story masonry house. Geometric and material properties were taken from the blade design documents. A three-dimensional graphical model was created from the exterior surface and material layups. The roof was designed using the load and resistance factor design method familiar to civil engineers. Analysis of stresses and defections was conducted using hand calculations and the finite element method. The results of the analyses showed that the roof is within code mandated stress and deflection limits. The methodology developed could be applied to other wind blade repurposing concepts.en
dc.description.sponsorshipU.S. National Science Foundation (NSF under grants 1701413, and 1701694); Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland (InvestNI/Department for the Economy (DfE) under grant 16/US/3334); Science Foundation Ireland (SFI under grant USI-116 (US-Ireland Tripartite program))en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.articleid04020040en
dc.identifier.citationGentry, T. R., Al-Haddad, T., Bank, L. C., Arias, F. R., Nagle, A. and Leahy, P. (2020) 'Structural Analysis of a Roof Extracted from a Wind Turbine Blade', Journal of Architectural Engineering, 26(4), 04020040. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000440en
dc.identifier.doi10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000440en
dc.identifier.eissn1943-5568
dc.identifier.endpage49en
dc.identifier.issn1076-0431
dc.identifier.issued4en
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Architectural Engineeringen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/11171
dc.identifier.volume26en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineersen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/NSF/Directorate for Engineering::Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems/1701413/US/Collaborative US-Ireland: Re-use and Recycling of Decommissioned Composite Material Wind Turbine Blades/en
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/NSF/Directorate for Engineering::Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems/1701694/US/Collaborative US - Ireland: Reuse and Recycling of Decommissioned Composite Material Wind Turbine Blades/en
dc.relation.urihttps://ascelibrary.org/doi/pdf/10.1061/%28ASCE%29AE.1943-5568.0000440
dc.rights© 2020, American Society of Civil Engineers. This material may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The published article may be found at https://ascelibrary.org/doi/pdf/10.1061/%28ASCE%29AE.1943-5568.0000440en
dc.subjectRecyclingen
dc.subjectRepurposingen
dc.subjectDesignen
dc.subjectFinite element analysisen
dc.subjectWind turbine bladesen
dc.titleStructural analysis of a roof extracted from a wind turbine bladeen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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