Geometric Analysis of Small Wind Turbine Blades Manufactured by Additive Manufacturing
One of the many benefits of additive manufacturing (AM) is to produce parts ready to assemble and use, a concept called direct digital manufacturing (DDM). This, besides the ease of manufacturing complexes geometries, creates a potential for applying the AM technology for producing small wind turbin...
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| description | One of the many benefits of additive manufacturing (AM) is to produce parts ready to assemble and use, a concept called direct digital manufacturing (DDM). This, besides the ease of manufacturing complexes geometries, creates a potential for applying the AM technology for producing small wind turbines (SWT) blades. Small wind turbines have an increasing role in the worldwide energy matrix, which can be built up by developing site-optimized and customized turbines. Customizing SWT can increase the energy harvesting potential of such machines; however, it requires flexible manufacturing procedures. The blade’s geometric complexity and flexible manufacturing are features that can benefit from the potentials of AM. This work analyses the final geometry of SWT blades manufactured by AM, assessing the scope of DDM in the SWT field. The parts length is 225 mm, the blades were manufactured by the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) method using a Dimension Elite machine produced by
Stratasys. The geometric evaluation was performed using a CROMA coordinate measuring machine. The measurements showed good results when compared to values adopted in several studies that investigated the effects of geometric disturbances on wind turbine blades. This work affirms that AM is a powerful technology for manufacturing SWT blades in a DDM scope.
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| spelling | doaj.art-463726b526b54fca946983acd3ec72cf2022-12-22T00:53:11ZengInstituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço (IAE)Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management1984-96482175-91462022-04-01141e1022e1022https://doi.org/10.1590/jatm.v14.1252Geometric Analysis of Small Wind Turbine Blades Manufactured by Additive ManufacturingHeitor Andrade Porto0Carlos Alberto Fortulan1Arthur José Vieira Porto2Roberto Hideaki Tsunaki3Universidade de São Paulo – Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos – São Carlos (SP) – Brazil.Universidade de São Paulo – Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos – São Carlos (SP) – Brazil.Universidade de São Paulo – Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos – São Carlos (SP) – Brazil.Universidade de São Paulo – Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos – São Carlos (SP) – Brazil.One of the many benefits of additive manufacturing (AM) is to produce parts ready to assemble and use, a concept called direct digital manufacturing (DDM). This, besides the ease of manufacturing complexes geometries, creates a potential for applying the AM technology for producing small wind turbines (SWT) blades. Small wind turbines have an increasing role in the worldwide energy matrix, which can be built up by developing site-optimized and customized turbines. Customizing SWT can increase the energy harvesting potential of such machines; however, it requires flexible manufacturing procedures. The blade’s geometric complexity and flexible manufacturing are features that can benefit from the potentials of AM. This work analyses the final geometry of SWT blades manufactured by AM, assessing the scope of DDM in the SWT field. The parts length is 225 mm, the blades were manufactured by the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) method using a Dimension Elite machine produced by Stratasys. The geometric evaluation was performed using a CROMA coordinate measuring machine. The measurements showed good results when compared to values adopted in several studies that investigated the effects of geometric disturbances on wind turbine blades. This work affirms that AM is a powerful technology for manufacturing SWT blades in a DDM scope. https://www.scielo.br/j/jatm/a/5GJDHBJ46hnsgMj97tLyq4m/?format=pdf&lang=ensmall wind turbinesadditive manufacturingdirect digital manufacturinggeometric analysis |
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| title | Geometric Analysis of Small Wind Turbine Blades Manufactured by Additive Manufacturing |
| title_full | Geometric Analysis of Small Wind Turbine Blades Manufactured by Additive Manufacturing |
| title_fullStr | Geometric Analysis of Small Wind Turbine Blades Manufactured by Additive Manufacturing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Geometric Analysis of Small Wind Turbine Blades Manufactured by Additive Manufacturing |
| title_short | Geometric Analysis of Small Wind Turbine Blades Manufactured by Additive Manufacturing |
| title_sort | geometric analysis of small wind turbine blades manufactured by additive manufacturing |
| topic | small wind turbines additive manufacturing direct digital manufacturing geometric analysis |
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