Disciplines
Testing
- Experimental mechanics
- Fatigue engineering
Modelling
- Structural dynamics & engineering
- Solid & fracture mechanics
Design and manufacturing
- Design for manufacturing
- Systems engineering
- Software engineering
Blade Testing and Design
The section takes a holistic approach to wind turbine blades, integrating all aspects that contribute to their structural integrity, performance, and sustainability. Our ambition is to establish a strong scientific foundation for the design and development of safer and more competitive wind turbine blades.
Our research spans the entire lifecycle of blades - from design, loads, manufacturing, modeling, damage mechanisms, testing, monitoring, and validation, to operation and maintenance. We also address certification, sustainability, and industrialization to ensure that research outcomes can be translated into robust industrial solutions.
We develop methods and tools for full-scale and sub-component testing, as well as for manufacturing processes. We embrace digitalization by integrating sensors, data analytics, and digital twins to enhance the understanding, efficiency, and reliability of wind turbine blades through research and software development.
Competences
- Static and dynamic structural testing
- Sensors and measurement techniques
- Experimental modal testing and analysis
- Design for manufacturingFinite element modelling
- Damage progression and structural degradation
- Ultimate strength and non-linear effects
- Digital twins and software development
Research area & applications
- Structural design, innovative manufacturing and testing of wind turbine blades
- Beams and cross-sectional analysis including the software BECAS (link to BECAS)
- Developing blade test simulation methods to increase quality and reduce time-to-market
- Creating and using digital twins of structures and their components
- Development of advanced software tools for design, testing and failure prediction.
Head of Section
Kim Branner Head of Section Mobile: 2365 3270 kibr@dtu.dk