Overordnede kursusmål
To give the student thorough knowledge of materials structures and
properties, with special emphasis on the requirements in a wind
turbine
To make the student capable of tailoring and predicting the
mechanical properties of wind turbine materials with an emphasis on
composites and metals
To make the student capable of designing materials test and
critically use measured properties with the aim of designing
selected sub-components in a wind turbine
To make the student capable of predicting materials life time of
sub-components given the load history
Læringsmål
En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:
- List, classify and explain the main requirements of the
structural materials used in a wind turbine
- Calculate simple load cases for selected sub-components
- Describe the configuration of typical composite materials for
wind turbines, and their manufacturing process
- Predict stiffness and strength of unidirectional
composites
- Describe a testing strategy for measurements of the governing
mechanical properties of composites
- Classify the different types of failure modes in metals, and
describe ways to prevent them
- Classify different forms of corrosion in metals, and describe
ways to prevent them
- Relate heat treatment and microstructure of steel
- Describe the concept behind damage tolerant materials
- Predict the materials life time for dynamically loaded
structures
- Dimension the sub-components in a wind turbine based on
materials properties
Kursusindhold
This course gives you an introduction to the materials used in wind
turbines and the loads they are subjected to. The focus in the
course is on composites and metals. Manufacturing, predicting and
measurements issues are addressed. For the composites, the ability
of tailoring, predicting and measuring the mechanical properties of
non-crimp fabric composites are addressed. For the metals, the
properties of the most common steel types and the most common
failure modes are addressed. The course will be given as a
combination of online lectures, quizzes, demonstration videos,
Python Jupyter notebooks and assignments used as a part of the
final grading
Sidst opdateret
27. april, 2023
