Invited papers

Leif Asp (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden) 

Structural battery composites - what are they and can they be used in wind turbines?

Xiao Chen (Technical University of Denmark) 

Fracture and damage of composite wind turbine blades: field observations, laboratory experiments and numerical modeling

William Curtin (EPFL, Switzerland)

Unidirectional strength: “global” and “local” load sharing models and implications on size-scaling, fatigue, and hybridization

Jesper Hattel (Technical University of Denmark)

Numerical and experimental analyses in composites processing: Heat transfer, resin cure and residual stresses

Steffen Laustsen (Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy)

Challenges in preventing leading edge erosion

Lars Overgaard (Envision Energy)

Advancing blade performance through applied composite material science

Mark Spring (Lloyd's Register, UK)

Through life management and life extension of wind farms

Yentl Swolfs (KU Leuven, Belgium)

State-of-the-art models for mechanical performance of carbon-glass hybrid composites in wind turbine blades

Bent F. Sørensen (Technical University of Denmark)

Micromechanics testing and modelling to enhance the damage tolerance of composite structures

Jim Thomason (University of Strathclyde, UK)

Upgrading and reuse of glass fibres recycled from end-of-life composites