Advances in wind turbine blade design and materials provides a comprehensive review of the design and functionality of wind turbine rotor blades as well as the requirements and challenges for composite materials used in wind turbine blade design. This book is an invaluable reference for materials scientists and engineers, wind turbine blade manufacturers and maintenance technicians, scientists, researchers and academics. The first part of the book outlines the challenges and developments in wind turbine blade design. A second group of chapters discusses the fatigue behaviour of composite wind turbine blades, and the final section describes advances in wind turbine blade materials, development and testing.
Key Features: reviews the design and functionality of wind turbine rotor blades; examines the requirements and challenges for composite materials used in both current and future designs of wind turbine blades; provides an invaluable reference for researchers and innovators in the field of wind energy production.