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Improving the Structural Integrity of Composite Blades in Vertical Axis Wind Turbines: A Parametric Study Employing the Finite Element Method

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Mechanical Engineering

Abstract

The objective of this work is to conduct a stress analysis of an H-rotor vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) blade under aerodynamic loads. The rotor blade is designed based on the maximum deflection and bending stresses at extreme loading conditions, specifically the maximum radial force acting on the blade. The impact of the tip speed ratio and blade pitch angle on the bending stress of the H-rotor VAWT is presented. Analytical beam theories are used to determine the maximum deformation and bending stress, which are then validated numerically using the finite element method (FEM) with ANSYS software. The blade is composed of S-2 fiberglass/Epoxy composite material. The stress analysis is performed on both a solid cross-section blade and a hollow blade with varying wall thickness. A comparison is made between the S-2 fiberglass/Epoxy and carbon fiber/Epoxy composites, revealing that carbon fiber composites induce greater deflection in the rotor blade compared to S-2 fiberglass blades. Additionally, it is concluded that the tip speed ratio directly affects both the bending stress and total deflection of the blade.

DOI

10.21608/pserj.2023.255114.1301

Keywords

renewable energy, VAWT, tip speed ratio, Finite Element, Composite blades

Authors

First Name

Rasha

Last Name

Soliman

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-

Affiliation

Production and Mechanical Design department, Faculty of Engineering, Port Said University

Email

rm.soliman@yahoo.com

City

Port Said

Orcid

-

First Name

Shaban

Last Name

Abdou

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-

Affiliation

Production and Mechanical Design department, Faculty of Engineering, Port Said University

Email

smiabdou@hotmail.com

City

Port Said

Orcid

-

First Name

Aly

Last Name

El Domiaty

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Mechanical Engineering department, Faculty of Engineering, Suez Canal University

Email

alyeldomiaty@yahoo.com

City

Ismailia

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Lotfy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Aerospace Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University

Email

lotfytaha@cu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

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http://orcid.org/000

Volume

27

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

44757

Issue Date

2023-12-01

Receive Date

2023-12-12

Publish Date

2023-12-01

Page Start

124

Page End

133

Print ISSN

1110-6603

Online ISSN

2536-9377

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https://pserj.journals.ekb.eg/article_333303.html

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333,303

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813

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Publication Title

Port-Said Engineering Research Journal

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https://pserj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Improving the Structural Integrity of Composite Blades in Vertical Axis Wind Turbines: A Parametric Study Employing the Finite Element Method

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24 Dec 2024