| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 229, 2021
The 3rd International Conference of Computer Science and Renewable Energies (ICCSRE’2020)
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| Article Number | 01052 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202122901052 | |
| Published online | 25 January 2021 | |
Numerical Simulation of the Impact ofIce Accumulation on a Composite Wind Turbine Blades located in a Cold Climate
1
Laboratory for Renewable Energy and Dynamic Systems, FSAC UH2C, Morocco
2
ENSTA Bretagne, IRDL UMR CNRS 6027, F-29200 Brest, France
3
University of Bordeaux, CNRS, Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology, Bordeaux INP, INRAE, I2M Bordeaux, F-33400 Talence, France
* Oumnialagdani@gmail.com
** mostapha.tarfaoui@ensta-bretagne.fr
The blades of wind turbines placed in cold climate regions are exposed to the risk of icing phenomena which impact their lifetimes. This paper proposes a numerical model to simulate 50 mm ice thickness localized on the tip side of a horizontal wind turbine blade, and to study its mechanical behavior. The wind turbine blade wasmodeled with the finite element method (FEM)in ABAQUS software taking into account aerodynamic, centrifugal and inertial loads under the conditions of service of the blade.Numerical tests haveevaluated the behavior of different composite materials and compared with each other. Damage mode based on the Hashin criteria was defined. Carbon fibers were considered to be the most rigid material which results in thinner, stiffer and lighter blades.
Key words: Cold climate / Composite wind turbine blade / Ice Accretion / Numerical analysis / Hashin criterion / Finite element analysis.
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