FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI Flume tank characterization of marine current turbine blade behaviour under current and wave loading
BT 
AF GAURIER, Benoit
   DAVIES, Peter
   DEUFF, Albert
   GERMAIN, Gregory
AS 1:1,2;2:3;3:3;4:1,2;
FF 1:PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM;2:PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM;3:PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM;4:PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM;
C1 IFREMER, Hydrodynam & Metocean Serv, F-62200 Boulogne Sur Mer, France.
   Univ Lille Nord France, F-59000 Lille, France.
   IFREMER, Mat & Struct Grp, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
C2 IFREMER, FRANCE
   UNIV LILLE, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI BOULOGNE
   BREST
SE PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-univ-france
IF 3.361
TC 68
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00136/24693/22770.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Experimental trials;Wave and current effects;Marine current turbine;Blade deformations;Hydrodynamic
AB The long term reliability of tidal turbines is critical if these structures are to be cost-effective. Optimized design requires a combination of material durability models and structural analyses which must be based on realistic loading conditions. This paper presents results from a series of flume tank measurements on strain gauged scaled turbine blades, aimed at studying these conditions. A detailed series of tests on a 3-blade horizontal axis turbine with 400 mm long blades is presented. The influence of both current and wave-current interactions on measured strains is studied. These tests show that wave-current interactions can cause large additional loading amplitudes compared to currents alone, which must be considered in the fatigue analysis of these systems.
PY 2013
PD NOV
SO Renewable Energy
SN 0960-1481
PU Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd
VL 59
UT 000320827300001
BP 1
EP 12
DI 10.1016/j.renene.2013.02.026
ID 24693
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