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Hygrothermal Aging and Thermomechanical Characterization of As-Manufactured Tidal Turbine Blade Composites Open

Paul Murdy, Robynne E. Murray, David Barnes, Ariel Lusty, Erik G. Rognerud , et al. · 2025

This study investigates the hygrothermal aging behavior and thermomechanical properties of as-manufactured glass fiber-reinforced epoxy and thermoplastic composite tidal turbine blades. The blades were previously deployed in a marine envir…

Initial assessment of alternative carbon fiber geometries for design of cost-effective compressive performance: Size effect studies Open

Robert E. Norris, Brandon Ennis, Ryan Clarke, David A. B. Miller, Daniel Samborsky , et al. · 2025

Polymer Additive Manufacturing for Marine Renewable Energy Applications: Best Practices, Research Trends, and Current Challenges Open

Paul Murdy, Charles Candon, Daniel Samborsky, David W. Miller, Ryan Beach · 2024

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a rapidly growing technology space, not only for prototyping, but is also becoming more feasible at larger scales and increasing component quantities. There are a large variety of AM processes and materials a…

Optimized Carbon Fiber Composites in Wind Turbine Blade Design: Follow-On Studies Open

Brandon Ennis, Ryan Clarke, Joshua Paquette, Robert E. Norris, Sujit Das , et al. · 2023

This project has identified opportunities to bring further reductions in the mass and cost of modern wind turbine blades through the use of alternative material systems and manufacturing processes. The fiber reinforced polymer material sys…

Effects of Lightning on Pultruded Carbon Fiber Wind Blades. Open

Michelle D. Williams, Julia Tilles, Joshua Paquette, Daniel Samborsky, Paul G. Clem · 2022

the currently used carbon fiber (CF) but also as the lightning strike protection of the wind turbine blades. Wind turbines often get hit by lightning strikes due to their operating locations. LCCF can provide structural integrity to these …

Accurate Modeling of Material Nonlinearities in a Wind Turbine Spar Cap. Open

Brandon Ennis, David A. Miller, Daniel Samborsky, Ryan Clarke · 2022

floating simulation tool, and presents some initial results of simulated dynamic responses of the spar to several combinations of wind and sea states.

Accurate Modeling of Material Nonlinearities in a Wind Turbine Spar Cap Open

Ryan Clarke, Brandon Ennis, David A. B. Miller, Daniel Samborsky · 2022

This study presents component-level testing of carbon fiber sandwich beams and the effect of carbon fiber material nonlinearity in its strain response in bending. A simple material model is presented and validated that accurately captures …

A comparison of surface preparation techniques for wind turbine field repairs Open

Ariel Lusty, Douglas Cairns, David W. Miller, Daniel Samborsky · 2020

Wind turbine service lifetimes can exceed 20 years. This extreme operational demand necessitates reliable and consistent field repairs; however, the effects of current wind turbine field repair surface preparation techniques are not well-d…

Summary of Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) Composites Testing at Montana State University Open

David A. Miller, Daniel Samborsky, Mark T. Stoffels, Michael Voth, Jake Nunemaker , et al. · 2020

Marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) energy technologies convert the energy of waves, tides, and river and ocean currents into electricity. The primary structure of MHK energy devices have difficult and challenging environments for which fiber re…

Mechanical Testing Summary: Optimized Carbon Fiber Composites in Wind Turbine Blade Design Open

David A. Miller, Daniel Samborsky, Brandon Ennis · 2019

The objective of the Optimized Carbon Fiber project is to assess the commercial viability to develop cost-competitive wind-specific carbon fiber composites to enable larger rotors for increased energy capture. Although glass fiber reinforc…

2018 SNL/MSU/DOE COMPOSITE MATERIAL FATIGUE DATABASE - Environmental Version 28E; September 30 2018. Open

Bernadette A. Hernandez-Sanchez, David A. Miller, Daniel Samborsky · 2018

database [1] and other reports and publications given in the cited references. The report begins with an executive summary and introductory material including background discussion of previous related studies. Section 3 describes experimen…

Effects of moisture absorption on damage progression and strength of unidirectional and cross-ply fiberglass–epoxy composites Open

Jake D. Nunemaker, Michael M. Voth, David A. Miller, Daniel Samborsky, Paul Murdy , et al. · 2018

Fiber-reinforced-polymer composites (FRPs) possess superior mechanical properties and formability, making them a desirable material for construction of large optimized mechanical structures, such as aircraft, wind turbines, and marine hydr…

Effects of moisture absorption on damage progression and strength of unidirectional and cross-ply fiberglass-epoxy composites Open

Jake D. Nunemaker, Michael M. Voth, David A. B. Miller, Daniel Samborsky, Paul Murdy , et al. · 2018

Fiber-Reinforced-Polymer composites (FRP's) possess superior mechanical properties and formability, making them a desirable material for construction of large optimized mechanical structures, such as aircraft, wind turbines, and marine hyd…

SNL/MSU/DOE MHK Environmental Database. Open

Bernadette A. Hernandez-Sanchez, Daniel Samborsky, D. W. Miller · 2016

database [1] and other reports and publications given in the cited references. The report begins with an executive summary and introductory material including background discussion of previous related studies. Section 3 describes experimen…

Analysis of SNL/MSU/DOE Fatigue Database Trends for Wind Turbine Blade Materials 2010-2015. Open

J. F. Mandell, Daniel Samborsky, David A. Miller, Pancasatya Agastra, Aaron Sears · 2016

Wind turbine blades are designed to several major structural conditions, including tip deflection, strength and b uckling during severe loading, as well as very high numbers of fatigue cycles and various service environments. The MSU Datab…

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