Bending Behavior Analysis of Box Beams with the Reinforcement of Composite Materials for Wind Turbine Blades
Ofelia Maldonado-Santiago,
Jose Billerman Robles-Ocampo,
Eduardo Gálvez,
Perla Yazmin Sevilla-Camacho,
Sergio de la Cruz,
Juvenal Rodríguez-Reséndiz,
Edwin Hernández
Affiliations
Ofelia Maldonado-Santiago
Maestría en Energía Renovables, Universidad Politécnica de Chiapas, Carretera Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Portillo Zaragoza Km 21 + 500, Col. Las Brisas, Suchiapa CP. 29150, Chiapas, Mexico
Jose Billerman Robles-Ocampo
Energy and Sustainability Academic Group, Universidad Politécnica de Chiapas, Carretera Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Portillo Zaragoza Km 21 + 500, Col. Las Brisas, Suchiapa CP. 29150, Chiapas, Mexico
Eduardo Gálvez
Ingeniería en Tecnología de Manufactura, Universidad Politécnica de Chiapas, Carretera Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Portillo Zaragoza Km 21 + 500, Col. Las Brisas, Suchiapa CP. 29150, Chiapas, Mexico
Perla Yazmin Sevilla-Camacho
Energy and Sustainability Academic Group, Universidad Politécnica de Chiapas, Carretera Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Portillo Zaragoza Km 21 + 500, Col. Las Brisas, Suchiapa CP. 29150, Chiapas, Mexico
Sergio de la Cruz
Energy and Sustainability Academic Group, Universidad Politécnica de Chiapas, Carretera Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Portillo Zaragoza Km 21 + 500, Col. Las Brisas, Suchiapa CP. 29150, Chiapas, Mexico
Juvenal Rodríguez-Reséndiz
Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro CP. 76010, Querétaro, Mexico
Edwin Hernández
Energy and Sustainability Academic Group, Universidad Politécnica de Chiapas, Carretera Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Portillo Zaragoza Km 21 + 500, Col. Las Brisas, Suchiapa CP. 29150, Chiapas, Mexico
Wind turbine blades in excessive wind conditions present extreme deflection problems. For this reason, an analysis of the structural response of composite reinforced box beams is developed. For this purpose, reinforced box beams were fabricated to improve the bending strength in the flapwise direction of the wind turbine blades. The box beams were analyzed with three-dimensional models using the Finite Element Method (FEM) and validated with bending tests at four-points and two-points. The box beam meets the characteristics of lightness and mechanical strength. Experimental four-point bending results showed that reinforced cross-sections decrease displacements by 30.09% and increase their stiffness to 43.41% for a box beam without structural reinforcement. In addition, the two-point bending results showed a difference of 18.98% between the displacements of the beams with structural reinforcements. In the FEM analysis, a maximum error of 11.24% was obtained when correlating the maximum displacement value with the experimental results of the beams.
