Structural design of the wind turbine blade

Dear Alex,

In addition to the external shape, NuMAD requires that the composite laminate layup be defined. In effect, you would have to reverse-engineer the composite layup from the beam properties. Such reverse engineering would be worth while, and in fact, I think people have already done it before, as alluded to in the Sandia report found here: windpower.sandia.gov/other/113779.pdf. While I haven’t seen the composite laminate layup for the NREL (UpWind) 5-MW turbine myself, hopefully you can find it with a bit of research. I suggest you start by contacting the authors of the Sandia report. If you find the information, please post a link here on the forum.

Best regards,