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annual report 2016 14 research and innovation activities to shorten the
test
time and multi-axis
test
methods can do that as flap and edgewise loads can be
test
ed at the same time. ?e business partner siemens were never in doubt whether to participate in the pro- ject. rasmus ladevig, head of blade
test
at siemens
wind
power says: ?siemens has been part of developing the
wind
industry to the current level, including blade design and
test
. by joining represent- atives from certifying bodies, clients, other
test
centers and the research capacity of
dtu
wind
, we expect to be part of developing the next generation of structural blade
test
.? ?e blatigue project is the first pro- ject that will use the large scale facility. read more on page 9. by p r o j e c t l e a d , k i m b r a n n e r
dtu
wind
energy, siemens
wind
pow- er, blade
test
centre a/s (blaest), r&d a/s, olsen wings a/s, dnv gl denmark, dong energy
wind
power a/s and ze- bicon a/s have therefore joined forces in a project named blatigue. ?e objective of blatigue is to develop fast and efficient fatigue
test
methods for large
wind
turbine blades and to develop equipment to excite the blades under such
test
s. ??e
test
s that have been used until to- day are not representing the real world suffi- ciently. in reality, blades are exposed to tor- sion and bending in different directions at the same time. ?at is some of the things that blatigue will deal with,? says peter hauge madsen, head of department at
dtu
wind
energy. an important development as blades become larger, the time needed to perform the necessary certification
test
s be- comes longer. ?is is converting into a chal- lenge for the industry as 100m blades may take more than a year to
test
. ?ere is a need new v52 turbine at ris๘ campus in april 2015 , a new addition was made to the distinctive row of
wind
turbines on
dtu
ris๘ campus.
dtu
started seeking out a new turbine back in 2010, but it was not until 2014 that a stalled project in italy presented the university with the chance to purchase a vestas v52 turbine, that was ?small? enough to be added to ris๘?s row of turbines, and large enough to match the commercial models. ?first and foremost, we are delighted to have a modern turbine here, close to our workplace, where we can decide for ourselves which experiments to run, when, and for how long. this is crucial to our ability to verify our models and hypotheses,? said thomas buhl, head of section at
dtu
wind
energy at the time. blatigue - fast and efficient fatigue
test
of large
wind
turbine blades funding: eudp project period: november 1st 2016 ? may 31st 2020 kick-off meeting 7-8 december 2016 failure of trailing edge in full-scale blade
test
here you will find two examples of projects led by the department and funded by eudp in 2016
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