International Research Project Wants to Increase Reliability of Rotor Blades

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Strategic collaboration in the field of rotor blade research

Two of the world’s leading institutions when it comes to wind energy, Danish DTU Wind Energy and German Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES have joined forces and national funded projects in the new €17.6 million RELIABLADE project creating a strategic collaboration to strengthen research collaboration and offer new innovative services to European industrial partners. Developing rotor blades For the project, researchers will develop a blade design for a 40 meter blade. This will serve as a blueprint for manufacturing two blades at Fraunhofer IWES and challenge them in experimental tests at the DTU in order to intentionally damage them under controlled... ... More: Official Press Release Fraunhofer IWES

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Fraunhofer IWES, DTU, Denmark, Germany, rotor blade, blade, reliability, research