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Research Projects at WMC
Knowledge Centre WMC is and has been involved in many international and national research projects. The research topics for WMC in these projects are amongst others:
- Material behaviour under complex and fatigue loading
- New materials
- Condition monitoring
- Reliability of design codes
- Reliability of full scale testing
- Connection methods
- Design recommendations and standards on full scale testing of wind turbine rotor blades
Material Research Topics at WMC
- Thick laminates
- Multi-scale modelling of fatigue of wind turbine rotor blade composites
- Progressive damage simulations
- Structural adhesives for wind energy applications
- Optidat Database: a large public database with composite testing results maintained by WMC
- Optimat Blades documents: a collection of composite research publications maintained by WMC
- PROFAR, Probability distribution of Fatigue strength of rotor blades (Coupon testing)
- PROFAR, Probability distribution of Fatigue strength of rotor blades (Blade testing)
International Research Projects at WMC
- FP7-ENERGY INNWIND.EU: Innovative Wind Conversion Systems (10-20MW) for Offshore Applications
- EERA (European Energy Research Alliance) Joint Program Wind Energy, Sub-programme Structural design and materials
- FP6-SUSTDEV UPWIND: Integrated Wind Turbine Design
- FP5-EESD OPTIMAT BLADES: Reliable optimal use of materials for wind turbine rotor blades
- FP4-NNE-JOULE C PROFAR: Probability distribution of fatigue strength of rotor blades
- FP4-NNE-JOULE C Development of large CFRP rotor blade components, Fatigue of low-cost carbon fibres
- FP4 JOR3-CT97-0167 Design, structural testing, and cost effectiveness of sectional wind turbine blades
National Research Projects at WMC
- FLOW: Far and Large Offshore Wind
- ADEM: Advanced Dutch Energy Materials
- Kansen voor West EFRO: Development Offshore tidal stream turbine
- Stichting Open Innovatie Alliantie Groot Composiet
- FOCUS6, The Integrated Modular Wind Turbine Design Tool
- INNWIND
- Bladknik, Buckling load prediction
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The Knowledge Centre Wind turbine Materials and Constructions (WMC) is a
foundation established by
Delft University of Technology (TUD) and The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) |
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