@inproceedings{eb25abb8d3cc4d83a125e90b51698ac4,
title = "MULTILAYER LEADING EDGE PROTECTION SYSTEMS OF WIND TURBINE BLADES: A REVIEW OF MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY AND DAMAGE MODELLING",
abstract = "The use of composites opens great prospects in the design and manufacture of the wind turbine blades due to their optimization versatility. Blade manufacturers employ polymeric surface materials to protect the composite structure from exposure to repeated impact of rain droplets which are mostly contributing to the leading edge erosion of wind turbine blades. Modelling tools considering multicomplex stress states and the material degradation are required for design purposes toward protection performance. This investigation summarizes a initial review based on two main issues: firstly, the LEP material configuration used in industry as a multilayer system considering the blade integration technology and, secondly, the modelling techniques and numerical procedures currently used to predict both wear surface erosion and interface delamination failure. The work is conducted in the framework of the IEA Wind TCP (International Energy Agency Wind Technology Collaboration Programme) - Task 46 Erosion of wind turbine blades.",
keywords = "droplet impact computational modelling, leading edge protection, multilayer systems, Wind turbine blades",
author = "Alexandros Antoniou and Kirsten Dyer and William Finnegan and Robbie Herring and Bodil Holst and Bech, {Jakob Ilsted} and Ioannis Katsivalis and Tazefidan Kutlualp and Leon Mishnaevsky and Asta {\v S}akalyte and Fernando S{\'a}nchez and Julie Teuwen and Trevor Young",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright}2022 S{\'a}nchez L{\'o}pez et al.; 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability, ECCM 2022 ; Conference date: 26-06-2022 Through 30-06-2022",
year = "2022",
language = "English",
series = "ECCM 2022 - Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability",
publisher = "Composite Construction Laboratory (CCLab), Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)",
pages = "97--104",
editor = "Vassilopoulos, {Anastasios P.} and Veronique Michaud",
booktitle = "Applications and Structures",
}