Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dual-axis resonance testing of wind turbine blades
- Patent Title (中): 风力发电机叶片的双轴共振测试
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Application No.: US12747458Application Date: 2008-12-09
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Publication No.: US08621934B2Publication Date: 2014-01-07
- Inventor: Scott Hughes , Walter Musial , Darris White
- Applicant: Scott Hughes , Walter Musial , Darris White
- Applicant Address: US CO Golden
- Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
- Current Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Golden
- Agent W. LaNelle Owens; Paul J. White; John C. Stolpa
- International Application: PCT/US2008/086027 WO 20081209
- International Announcement: WO2009/097049 WO 20090806
- Main IPC: G01N3/32
- IPC: G01N3/32

Abstract:
An apparatus (100) for fatigue testing test articles (104) including wind turbine blades. The apparatus (100) includes a test stand (110) that rigidly supports an end (106) of the test article (104). An actuator assembly (120) is attached to the test article (104) and is adapted for substantially concurrently imparting first and second forcing functions in first and second directions on the test article (104), with the first and second directions being perpendicular to a longitudinal axis. A controller (130) transmits first and second sets of displacement signals (160, 164) to the actuator assembly (120) at two resonant frequencies of the test system (104). The displacement signals (160, 164) initiate the actuator assembly (120) to impart the forcing loads to concurrently oscillate the test article (104) in the first and second directions. With turbine blades, the blades (104) are resonant tested concurrently for fatigue in the flapwise and edgewise directions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100263448A1 DUAL- AXIS RESONANCE TESTING OF WIND TURBINE BLADES Public/Granted day:2010-10-21
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