Hi all,
I was wondering if there is any layup design for the NREL 5 MW wind turbine blade? I tried th SANDIA lab design and simulated it on PreComp but it resulted in different mechanical properties from mechanical properties of the blade published in the NREL 5MW turbine definition report. does any one know why?
Dear Khaled,
As your aware from the following forum topic: Structural design of the wind turbine blade, Sandia National Laboratory (SNL) has reversed-engineered the NREL 5-MW blade. Other than this, Iām not aware of another version of the composite layup.
I have not looked at SNLās reverse-engineered blade in detail, but my guess is your question would be best answered by Brian Resor.
Best regards,
Dear Jason,
Thank you for your reply. You advised me to contact Brian Resor from Sandia Labs, the problem is that I couldnāt contact him by any way. Can you advise me what to do?
Dear Khaled,
Brian Resor is member of this forum, but I donāt know if he uses it regularly. You can find his contact information in the list of members: memberlist.php.
Best regards,
Dear Jason,
Iām tyring to upscale WP 1.5MW wind turbine to 2MW wind turbine.After reading āThe Sandia 100-meter All-glass Baseline Wind Turbine Blade: SNL100-00ā,I want to use PreComp to calculate structural properties for composite blades. but when i try to get blade layup paraments in āDefinition of a 5MW/61.5m Wind Turbine Blade Reference Modelā,i found that the layup information was shown by a schedule without specific values.could you tell me how can i find these values?
Best regards
Dear @Jiantao.Liu,
Are you asking for the composite layup of the NREL 5-MW baseline wind turbine blade that was reversed engineered by Brian Resor of SNL? This report has been discussed here: Structural design of the wind turbine blade, but apparently the report is no longer available online (without authorization). I can send an electronic copy if that is what you want.
Best regards,
Dear @Jason.Jonkman
Thank you for your reply. After reading Structural design of the wind turbine blade, I find the report of Sandia. In this report i can get specific values of laminate layer information of different blade span, i think i can directiy use these information to build my new blade model.
Thanks & Regards,
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Dear @Jason.Jonkman
I am working on the seismic response of a 5 MW wind turbine, I would like to model the blades using shell cells but I am having difficulty reproducing the parameters from other papers, I would like to get a copy of the SNL report to use as a basis for my modelling, could you please send me the file to my email address m202371953@hust.edu.cn. thank you very much!
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